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Fagus Caftanea^ i. e. Castanea, or 

 the Chesnut-Tree defcribed, Fagus* 

 with fpear-fhaped [awed leaves ^ naked 

 Underneath; and with flowess produced in 

 long Catkins, fucceeded by larg- prickly 

 capfules, containing two or more 

 huts, confiding of the following vari^ 

 eties, ripening in September ; viz. 



Manured, or large Spanish 



Chesnut, 

 Wild or Smaller Chesnut. 



The fruit of the Chefnur-tree, though 

 not fo valuable as many other lores, 

 forms a variety in Autumn, and Win- 

 ter; and is by many much efteemed 

 for roafting, in which it eats very ten- 

 der aRd palatable. 



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