The JIurse- Chestnuts, etc. 



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climate, grows to magnificent size, 

 but as cultivated in Europe it does m 

 not equal our common American ?l 

 species. It is said to have been in- a|S 

 troduced into England about the % 



middle of the sixteenth century, and 



is often found in parks, but is not 136. Cross-section of the \Vood of 



, , . , the JfotantM ortattaU*. 



valued as a timber-tree. 



137. Platanus racemosa. (Leaf and Fruit, one-half the Natural Size.) 



THE HORSE-CHESTNUTS, BUCKEYES, etc. (Genus jEseulus). 

 1005. The genus vEsculus embraces about fifteen species, half of 



