THEIR PROPERTIES, &C. 85 



for fencing are alfo much ufed in the fouth, and are 

 found very durable. Its bark is a ftrong aftringent, 

 and affords a tan equal to that of the larch and 

 mountain-alb. 



THE HORSE-CHESNUT. 

 (^scidus hippocastanum. ) 



This is an elegant tree, of beautiful foliage and 

 flowers; leafing more early in fpring, than moil 

 others. It is a native of Afia, but grows freely 

 in this country, and arrives at a great fize ; and, 

 when Handing fingle, takes a handfome form : Its 

 flowers in fpring and its fruit in autumn, contracted 

 with its fine leaves, afford a pleating variety. The 

 variegated kind, and the fcarlet-flowering fpecies,are 

 much efleemed, * and are extremely ornamental. 

 Indeed they are all merely ornamental trees, only 

 fit for the park and the lawn. 



The timber of the Horfe-chefnut is of left value, 

 perhaps, than that of any other tree ; yet it has 

 of late been applied to feveral purpofes, as a mat- 

 ter of neceffity, arifing from the fcarcity and high 

 price of other woods. It has been ufed in the 



building 



* The variegated sort is propagated by budding. The 

 scarlet-flowering species (JEsculits pavia) is also, in general, 

 propagated by budding on stocks of the common horse- 

 chesnutf 



