The Horse- Chestnuts, etc. 



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climate, grows to magnificent size, 

 but as cultivated in Europe it does 

 not equal our common American 

 species. It is said to have been in- 

 troduced into England about the 

 middle of the sixteenth century, and 



is often found in parks, but is not 136. Cross-section of the wood of 



* the Platanus onentalis. 



valued as a timber-tree. 



137. Platanus racemosa. (Leaf and Fruit, one-half the Natural Size.) 



THE HORSE-CHESTNUTS, BUCKEYES, etc. (Genus ^Esculus). 

 1005. The genus ^Esculus embraces about fifteen species, half of 



