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Of the Hiftorie 



I Caftanea. 



Cheftnuttree 





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Horfe Cheftnut tree in floure. 



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tie ordinary Cheftnut,neither voder the vt- 

 ter coat bath it any peeling within as theo- 

 ther hath, neither is it of fo good a talk. % 

 £ 3 This Americane Cheftnut is al- 

 ii round, but that it is a little flatted on 

 the fides, efpecially whereas it isfaftnedro 

 the flalke : the vtrer coat is (afficiently 

 thicke,yet brittle,and as it were fungous,of 

 a brownifh yellow colour : vnder this are a- 

 boundanceof fmall 3 yet ftiffe prickes , faft 

 flicking to the fhell that conraines the ker- 

 nel : the fhell it felfe is brownifh,not thick, 

 but tough and hard to breakc, fmooth and 

 fliining on the infide,wherin is contained a 

 kernell of the bignefTe and color of an bares 

 kidney,white witbin,and fweet in tafte, lite 

 an almond or the common Cheftnur.C/*/'- 

 ns cals this Caftanea Peruana, or Cheftnut or 

 Peru , and hee faith hee had it from the u- 

 mous Geographer graham OrtthmfW 



had it fent him by SenedtOm #*"**£ 

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The figure is cxpreft vnde 



Horfe Cheftnut. t 



fl 7 k Place. 



The firft growes on moitntaines and M- 

 dowie places,and many timesm the va lies, 

 they loue a foft and blackefoile. There * 



fundry woods of Cheftnuts mEnglanW* 



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