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age, when the great length and weight of the lateral 

 branches oblige them to take a drooping direction. 



A variety with a double flower, and another with varie- 

 gated leaves, are to be procured at the nurseries, but the 

 latter is a ragged unhealthy-looking tree, and not worth 

 cultivating. Among the other species of ^Esculus intro- 

 duced, the Red or Scarlet flowering Horse-chesnut, JEs. 

 riibicunda, is the most ornamental. Loudon remarks that 

 it is doubtful whether this tree be a native of North Ame- 

 rica or originated in a British garden. 



At Twizell the Horse-chesnut, eighteen years planted, 

 measures at two feet from the ground, four feet two inches 

 in circumference, height about thirty eight feet. 



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