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feature which is peculiar and noticeable. Its 

 lower limbs, which start from the part where the 

 bole ends, and, in a somewhat less prominent 

 degree, its upper ones, first rise, then arch, and 



Horse Chestnut. 



then droop and rise again. It is doubtless the 

 rapidity of its growth and its remarkable vigour 

 that give to young trees of this species their 



