THE CHESNUT. 

 FAGUS CASTANEA. PL 3. 



FruSif cation. As the beech. 



Specific clarafter. Leaves fpear-fhaped, 

 with (harp ferratures ; naked under- 

 neath. 



THIS tree is ufually called the Spani/b 

 Che/nut, as growing in the greateft per- 

 fection in Spain and others of the warm 

 countries in Europe. Many, however, 

 think it an original native of this iflarid ; 

 at leaft it arrives to the full bulk of a 

 timber-tree in our woods and groves. The 

 appearance of an aged chefnut is ftriking 

 and majeftic. It throws out arms equal in 

 fize to thofe of the oak, and they often 

 fpring in an angular manner, and thwart 

 each other, fo as to produce an uncommon 

 effecl. The deep furrows of the rugged 



trunk 



