3. 



CHESTNUT, WALNUT. 

 PLATE 3. FIGURES 1 TO o. 



IELDING fruit 

 whose taste is as 

 agreeable to the 

 palate as the glossy 

 beauty of the cosy 

 case that encloses 

 it is pleasant to the 

 eye, the Chestnut 

 has foliage that 

 makes a fine dis- 

 play of autumn colour. In spring and sum- 

 mer the green and shining leaf is a thing of 

 beauty. The mid-vein, continuing the short leaf- 

 stalk, sweeps by a graceful curve through the 



