Mixed production of the Spanish Chesnut, §e. 77 
BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY. 
past ohn 
Arr. X.—Experiments on a valuable variety of fruit, pro- 
duced between the Spanish Chesnut, and. the Maryland 
Cie a letter from Winuram Prince, Esg. to 
he Hon. Samuen L, Mrrcuiut. : 
(Read before the Lyceum of Natural History, at New- Xap, Oct. 15, and 
communicated fori insertion in hoes Journal 1D) ; 
~~ se eee | Fuvemno, Oct 4, eset 
‘io e the interest you gn ee ‘in aie ae ee 
nomena of nature, I wish to call your attention to one of 
ly A in the following manner :—about the year 
1788, the large Spanish chesnut was first imported ‘into 
this, opto tT pane’ some of the nuts, and obtained 
earl ne of which, I had planted the 
foun: a a or + onan of the southern states, which 
produce fruit when not more than two feet in height. The 
farina of the blossoms of the large Spanish chesnut, fell on 
the stiles of the flowers of the little chinquapin, whose fruit, 
when ripe, I planted, and in the spring when they came up, 
observed several of the Mea had leaves resembling the 
Spanish chesnuts—those far Sitar pie oi a = ane 
vines whose | Sram 
iiapeageated by the farina. of the best pio sorts. Vines 
