THE CHESTNUT. 



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ready sale^ the same method is adopted as with 

 walnuts. Indeed^ as these trees extend far be- 

 yond the reach of ladders^ the fruit cannot be 

 gathered by hand^ like apples and pears." 



THE CHESTNUT. 



^' The Chestnut^ — sweet or Spanish chestnut^ 

 — is a very fine and serviceable timber- tree ; 

 and formerly^ as we have heard^ it was in much 

 request, on account of its strength and dura- 

 bility, for the most costly and substantial 

 buildings. It is said to bear the changes from 

 wet to dry even better than oak, and to have 

 shewn no symptoms of decay in buildings 

 which have been erected many centuries. Its 

 leaf — bring me one, if you please, Mr. Frede- 



