THE CHESNUT. 



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sweet chesnut, on the other hand, are destitute of the brightness we 

 connect with the idea of blossom ; they are unisexual also, the males 

 growing in slender spikes, the females in prickly knobs. 



Sweet (or Spanish) Chesnut. 



The purpose we had in view at the beginning is now completed; 

 namely, the giving some account of the forest and other large and com- 

 manding trees ordinarily met with in Great Britain. There are many 

 more trees of a smaller description, and all have abundance of interest- 



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