THE HORSE-CHESTNUT. 369 
the species stands at Enfield, where it measures 100 feet high. 
But the largest in Britain is supposed to be one at Nocton 
in Lincolnshire. Its height is about seventy feet, and the 
space occupied by the spread of its foliage measures upwards 
of 100 yards in circumference, its immense branches being 
supported by props give it the appearance of the banyan tree 
of the East. The horse-chestnut is never planted for the sake 
of its timber, but sometimes for its nuts, which are eaten by 
deer. The timber is suitable for the purpose of common 
deal; when dry it only weighs from 35 to 37 Ibs. per cubical 
foot; being lighter than many kinds of wood, it is commonly 
cut into boards for packing-cases, for lining to carts and 
barrows, and being easily worked it is sometimes used by 
carvers and pattern-makers. 
4h. H. rubicunda (Lois).—The red flowering horse-chestnut 
is a very showy dwarf tree, and flowers at an earlier age than 
the common tree; also all the yellow flowering and smooth- 
fruited kinds known as the genus PAVIA are of dwarf growth, 
and are readily propagated by being engrafted or budded on 
the common horse-chestnut. 
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