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The leaves of this tree make excellent litter for cattle, which, 

 when mixed with their dung, (particularly that o^^ cows well 

 rotted), is an admirable manure for many kinds of flowers, 

 o-reen-houfe, hot-houfe, and other delicate plants. 



Th e beft ground for fruit-bearing Chefnuts, is a loofe moift 

 (though not wet) gravel or fand : They will likewife fucceed in 

 any ordinary mixt foil, which, if it abound with fmall round 

 ftones, fliould not be taken away, as, from their warmth, they 

 will cherifii and forward the ripening of the. fruit. 



For plantations of timber-trees, and copfe-wood, you can; 

 hardly go amifs, fo. there be depth of foil, and no Handing wa~ 

 ter ; they will grow on obftinate clay, and. the bleakeft declivi- 

 ties of hills, this_tree, where fruit is not aimed at, being more, 

 patient of cold than heat. 



The wood is ufeftil for many eifential purpofes : It makes, 

 o-ood tables, chairs, and bed-fteads ; is the mofl lafting poles, 

 of any put in the ground with the rind on, for efpaliers, pali- 

 fade hedges, dead fences, vine and hop yards, and for pipes 

 to convey water under ground : It vs^ill lait longer than Elm, or 

 even Oak itfelf. In Italy, the beft caflcs for wine and other 

 liquors are made of this wood, which has the fmgular proper- 

 ty, when thoroughly feafoned, of maintaining its bulk, without 

 .'Qirinking or fvvelling, which moft other timber does ; and formerly 

 was built of it, great part of the antient city of London,, near 

 which were large forefts of Chefnut trees, which, whether or: 

 not a native of this iiland, is not well determined.. 



