1 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



and for the sake of variety, in all extensive 

 plantations, deserves a place. Its wood is 

 chiefly used by the cabinei-maker ; and for 

 pipes to convey water, it is said even to equal 

 oak. In Italy and Spain, wine casks are 

 made of it; and it is said to possess the sin- 

 gular quality of neither shrinking, nor fla- 

 vouring wine or other liquors. There, as a 

 fruit-tree, it flourishes in high perfection; 

 and will even do so in some parts of England. 

 But in Scotland the attempt, with this view, 

 has generally proved abortive. As a cop- 

 pice woody for hop-poles, &c. it is high in 

 estimation. That the wood of this tree is ex- 

 ceedingly durable, is undubitable; the roof 

 of Westminster Abbey being constructed 

 of it. 



HORSE-CHESNUT. 



Tliis tree will grow, and even flourish in 

 many different soils ; but it affects most a 

 deep loam with a dry bottom. In bleak ex- 

 posures, and in a thin soil, it is reared with 

 difficulty. Nor will it bear stagnant water, 

 or thrive in marshy ground. 



As an ornamental tree, it is excelled by 



