11. 
THE HORSE-CHESTNUT. 
Aisculus hippocastanum. 
Prats 2, Fria. 2. 
‘<< NLIKE its namesake, the sweet 
A, 
Chestnut, in most essential points, 
Aisculus hippocastanum is like the 
former in the general shape and ap- 
pearance, though not in the taste, 
of its nut. It is not claimed as a 
native of Britain ; but it has been with us 
about three hundred years, having been 
i brought here, it is believed, about the 
middle of the seventeenth century, and has 
now made itself a very familiar friend. For 
beauty of leaf and blossom it is chiefly prized, as 
its timber is accounted of little value. But its 
