The Chesnut. 



or two less of growth, to make hop- poles, than the Spanish 

 Chesnut, planted on the same spot. With regard to the 

 cutting down of the plants, the next year after they are 

 planted out, and with regard to the pruning of them for 

 timber-trees, see paragraphs 127 and 149. 



202. Chesnut (Horse). This tree, which is sometimes 

 very large and very lofty, and though the timber of it is 

 poor, the leaf coarse, and soon becoming brown in the sum- 

 mer, and though the tree will never be cultivated for 

 profit, it is certainly one of the finest flowering trees in the 

 world. There are several varieties of it, in several parts of 

 the world. There are two distinct sorts in America, one 

 having a scarlet, and the other a yellow blossom ; but these 

 not being fit for forest-trees in England, and being, in fact, 

 mere ornamental shrubs, or trees, I shall not notice them 

 here. The seed of the Horse Chesnut is collected in the 

 fall of the year, when the outside shell opens and lets it out. 

 The seed is preserved in the same manner, sown in the 

 same manner (only covered a little deeper), and the plants 

 are treated, in all their stages, in the same manner as above 

 directed for the Spanish Chesnut, except only that the 

 plants of this tree are naturally so stout at the butt, and 

 suffer so little from transplanting, that they need not be cut 

 down the second year. If, however, you wish for a straight 

 trunk, you must plant the tree after it has been a year or 

 two removed into the nursery; and if you wish for a clean 

 and long trunk, you must prune in the manner directed in 

 paragraphs 12/ and 149. 



