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foliaged tree, and bears racemes of sweet yellowish 

 flowers, of which the honey-bee is remarkably fond. 

 The timber is of no use except for dry work, but it is 

 of a, soft nature. There is no tree better, if so well, 

 adapted for avenues and wide streets, for summer shade, 

 as this. It is of a beautiful light green, very flexible 

 in habit, and will bear the knife, as I have said before, 

 so that it can be kept from encroaching beyond the 

 desired limits. 



The Lime is propagated by seed ; but as it gives 

 suckers freely at the root, if some earth is thrown 

 around the trunk the suckers will strike root in it, when 

 a number may be taken off every autumn, and planted 

 out into beds or rows. As the young trees get up, care 

 must be taken to keej) the stems clear of offshoots, in 

 order to obtain a clean neat stem. 



The Chesnut. 



There are two species of the Chesnut, each being 

 totally different from the other, botanically. I will 

 speak of JEsculus (Horse Chesnut) first. This species 

 is a most noble park tree, especially the scarlet- flowered 

 kind, but the timber is of no value except for firewood. 

 It is soft and brittle, and when the tree gets large, it is 

 very liable to be broken by the high winds. For this 

 reason it is objectionable for parks ; nevertheless it is 

 a noble-looking tree. It is propagated by seed only. 

 The nuts should be planted three or four inches deep 

 during the autumn and winter months. 



The other species of Chesnut, the Castanea, is not so 

 beautiful as the former, but still it is a fine park tree, 

 of great utility for its timber (which is as hand- 

 some as mahogany, and will take as fine a polish), as 

 well as for its fruit, which is good eating as a nut. 

 This timber will pay well to grow largely on account of 

 its value. It is raised from seed. The nuts may be 

 sown from the month of January until March, as in the 

 case of the Horse Chesnut. The ground should be of 

 a good light nature in which to sow them. 



