ll,\.Mii;(iuK OF Trees of the Nortiieun Statj-:s and Canada. 339 



Tlio Horso-Chestmit lins long been one of tlie 

 most popular shade trees of both iMirope and 

 Americu. Us native lionie is said to be south- 

 i-rii Asia, from Ihe liiinalaya Mts. to (ireece, 

 from whence it was inlrodnced into tliis coun- 

 try about the middle of the ISth century, and 

 it has become naturalized in many places. It 

 is one of the largest trees of its genus, some- 

 times attaining the height of 75 or 80 ft. with 

 trunk 2 or '.i ft. in diameter. Its formal round 

 pyramidal top is one of the most familiar ob- 

 jects among the trees of the parks and street- 

 siili's of all the ea-^tem cities, and few trees 

 equal it in beauty when, in the month of -May, 

 its ilome of tender green handsome leaves is 

 beset with showy pyramids of white flowers 

 mottled with red. Many garden varieties have 

 appeared; as forms with variegated and lacini- 

 ate leaves, red-tinted and double (lowers, etc. 

 It is said that the bitter principle of the frjiit 

 can be removed with fresh Mater and it is then 

 palatable a)id nul lit inns. Tlie bark is rich in 

 tiinnin and is u^ed in nieilicine. 



The li;.;lit (dnsegrainrd wood is suitable for 

 the uses for which the fetid Buckeye is apjdied. 

 In Europe it is cmidoycd as blind wood in 

 cabinet making, for moulds, etc.^ 



/.' (Mf.s- Willi |M-iii)lcs 4-7 in. long and .^'-7 

 (lisiiiiliy 7) si^ssili' ()lMi\-ntc leaflets, cuneate at 

 liasr, aliiaiplly ;n-nniinale, iri'ei.ntlarly crenaO'- 

 dcnialo, rn.i;iiso, tliin and ni'arlv i^lalu'iMis. Floirrrs 

 \u ]iyraniidal I'afhci- dcnsr Ihyrsrs, vvliite spotted 

 wHli yrll.iw and iinr])liv l-'rnit siiliglohose, 2-3 in. 

 in iliaiiicn'f, .■(i\-. ■[■«'(! \\'illi spines; seed 1-1 Mj in- 

 loni,' with lai';,'e bilnrn.- 



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