7V 



THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



from the secd-bcd, where it may remain till planted out; or if 

 wanted of a larger size, should be transplanted when two years 

 old, at suflicicnt distance to allow the trees to attain a proper 

 size for final transplanting. Stocks whereon to bud or ingraft 

 the different varieties of the cultivated cherry, are obtained by 

 sowing the seeds or stones of the dillercnt varieties of the wild 

 and cultivated cherries ; and when such is the case, the two 

 years old seedlings should be attended to in the nursery lines, 

 and properly pruned and trained to model them into stocks, 

 either for producing dwarfs or standards, as may be required. 



The wild cherry attains a size suflicicnt to produce timber in 

 planks of from one foot to two feet in breadth ; and if grown in 

 a light sandy loam, will be durable, and of a beautiful colour. 

 It has attained the name of Scotch mahogany, which it very 

 much resembles when polished and stained. It is in consider- 

 able request amongst cabinet-makers, and by them manufac 

 tured into chairs, tables, and such like articles of furniture. 



C H EST NU T. — ( Ca.slanca.) 



The sweet or Spanish chestnut, as it is generally called, pro- 

 bably to distinguish it from the horse-chestnut is by some, con- 

 sidered to be a native of this country ; and if so, it must have 

 been much less cultivated than it now is, or else much less 

 abundantly diffused, for there are very few instances of its being 

 found of a great age, unless in situations where it must evidently 

 have been })lanted. It is more probable that it has been in- 

 troduced into this country ; and some date its introduction to the 

 time of Tiberius Ca?sar, who is said to have brought it from Sar- 

 dis into Italy, and from thence it might find its way into Britain, 

 either by the Romans or the clergy. 



The Romans gave this tree the name of Castanea, after a 

 city of that name in Thessalia, from whence they first procured 

 it, and where it is grown in great abundance by the Gre- 

 cians ; and what may be considered a singular circumstance, 

 it still retains the same appellation in all the European lan- 

 guages. 



Amongst those who aflirm the chestnut to be indigenous to 

 this country, may be noticed Dr. Ducarel, who states, in his 



