V O R E S T - T R E E S. 



The Horfe-Chefnut is a tree of fingular beauty when in 

 bloom ; and the common fort of it, which will fucceed in almoft 

 all foils, (tho' beft in that which is deep) is proper enough to in- 

 termix in ornamental plantations, in a flickered country ; but 

 in bleak and expofed fituations, it is idle to plant them, as, from 

 the wood being very brittle, every impetuous wind will break 

 and disfigure more or lefs of them. 



Th e fruit is fo extremely bitter, that even hogs will not eat it, 

 though the Turks mix it with other food for their horfes that 

 have coughs, or are broken-winded, for which it is faid to be 

 an excellent remedy. 



The timber, except for fuel, aniwers no valuable purpofe I 

 know, further than I have heard from a gentleman of much 

 knowledge and obfervation on the qualities of wood, that it is 

 very proper for pipes, to convey water under grounxl, and, in 

 ithat fituation, will laft longer than many harder woods. 



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