10. 
THE CHESTNUT. 
Castanea vesca. 
Puate 2, Fia. 1. 
iuegyicyy, RESHNESS and richness of leaf 
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and sweetness of fruit, as well as 
breadth and beauty of trunk, are 
the prominent characteristics of 
this handsome Tree. Its fruit, 
indeed, is more familiar than the 
Tree itself; for the poorest of city chil- 
dren, to whom ‘the country’ is terra 
x incognita, and who have never had any 
opportunity of visiting either park or garden 
where Castanea vesca is to be found, are inti- 
mately acquainted with the form and taste of the 
eatable Chestnut. Whether this beautiful Tree 
