356 SYLVICULTURAL NOTES ON TIMBER TREES 



HORSE CHESTNUT. 

 hippocastanum = The Common Horse Chestnut. 



It is not a native tree ; and is said to have been 

 introduced about 1629. 



The Timber is soft and not durable, and is of small 

 market value. 



Soil and Situation. A fairly deep soil is necessary, but 

 the tree is not very particular, though it will not thrive on 

 very stiff wet clays. It appears to like calcareous soils. It 

 is fairly frost hardy, even though it breaks out very early 

 into leaf. 



Cultivation, etc. The tree is quick growing, but of little 

 sylvicultural value, and the market for its timber is bad. It 

 is able to bear a fair amount of shade. 



When sown in the nursery, the nuts should be placed 

 with the scar downwards; a very vigorous growth is made 

 the first year; seedlings I year old being often over 12 

 inches high. 



Of Fungi. Nectria cinnabarina often does great 

 damage to the crowns of the trees. 



