The Horse- Chestnuts, etc. 



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climate, grows to magnificent size, ,, 

 but as cultivated in Europe it does 

 not equal our common American 

 species. It is said to liavo been in- 

 troduced into England about the 

 middle of the sixteenth century, and " 

 is often found in parks, but is not ise. Cross-seetion of the wood of 



, , . , the Platanus orientalis. 



valued as a timber-tree. 



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137. Platanus racemosa. (Leaf and Fruit, one-half the Natural Size.) 



The Hoese-Chestnuts, Buckeyes, etc. (Genus jEsmdus). 

 1005. The genus .£sculus embraces about fifteen species, half of 



