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 the CHESNUT - TREE. 



THEChefnut (Caftanea) is a lofty 

 tree, a fpecies of the Fagus or 

 Beech, but formerly a diftincl genus 

 by the title of Cafianea % is of the nut- 

 bearing kind, and cultivated occafi- 

 onally as a Standard fruit-tree, for 

 variety in orchards, avenues, Parks, 

 Lawns, and out-grounds, &"c. belongs 

 to the clafs and order Monoecia Pcly- 

 andria> i. e. male and female flowers 

 on the fame plant, and the males having 

 many (lamina, and the females three 

 ft vies 



There is but one fpecies of the Chef- 

 nut-Tree, called by the Botanifts, 



Fagus 



