HORSE-CHESNUT. HIPPO- 

 CASTANEUM. 



JEsculus; in Botany, of the Class Heptan- 

 dria Monogynia. 



THIS tree was first brought from the north- 

 ern parts of Asia in 1588, and is now one of 

 the greatest ornaments of our parks and 

 plantations, particularly when in blossom. 



The grand avenue of horse-chesnut- trees 

 in Bushey Park, near Hampton-Court Pa^- 

 lace, is the finest in England, and many par- 

 ties go from London to see it when in full 

 blossom. 



There is a fine print of an old patriot of 

 this neighbourhood, with the following in- 

 scription : " Timothy Bennet, of Hampton 

 Wick, in Middlesex, Shoemaker, aged 75, 

 1752. This true Briton, unwilling to leave 

 the world worse than he found it, by a vigo- 

 rous application of the laws of his country 



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