THE HAZEL-NUT. 325 



And after Phillis, Phi/herd 

 This tree was cleped *." 



The Constantinople nnt (Corylus coliirna) is a 

 superior nut to even the best variety of the hazel. 

 Its flavour is equal, and its size is more than double. 

 It is a round nut, invested with a deep calyx, or invo- 

 lucre, which covers it almost entirely, and is very 

 much lobed and fringed at its extremity. 



L'Ecluse, a distina^uished gardener, brought the 

 nuts of the Corylus colurna from Constantinople, in 

 15S2; and Linna;us states, that in the Botanical 

 Garden atLeyden there was growing, in 1736, a fine 

 tree of this species, planted by L'Ecluse. It was 

 cultivated in England by Ray, in 1666. This tree 

 grows naturally in the neighbourhood of Constan- 

 tinople. 



The American nut (^Corylus americana) is a beau- 

 tiful species, extensively spread over North America, 

 and which has been cultivated in the neighbourhood 

 of Paris. 



The involucra and bottoms of the nuts of all the 

 species and varieties of Corylus are extremely austere 

 and astringent when in their green state ; and it is 

 doubtful whether they might not then be profitably 

 employed either in the tanning of leather, or perhaps 

 for the same purposes as galls. 



The Spanish nuts of the shops are fresh nuts from 

 Spain ; the Barcelona nuts are another variety, kiln- 

 dried before expoi'tation. 



The Carob-Tree (^Ceralonia siliqua) 



which grows extensively in the south of Europe, par- 

 tioilarly in some provinces of Spain, of which Va- 

 lencia is the principal, bears a fruit called the carob 

 bean, which is an important article of commerce. It 



* Confessio Amanlis. 



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