The PraElice Part IL 



The Indian^ or Horfe^Chefnut, fo called, becaufe the 

 Chefnuts were brought firft from India^ that multiplied the 

 Species of them in France^ is one of the moft agreeable 

 Trees to Sight that can be. Its upright Stem, its fmooth 

 Rind, its regular Head, its handfome Leaves, and its^ pira- 

 midal Flowers, make it fought after more than any other. 

 It is proper only for making Walks, being a very ill Tree 

 to plant in Squares of Wood. It does not rife very high^ 

 but grows very upright i its Wood is tender, breaks eaiily, 

 -and is fit for no Ufe, not fo much as to burn, growing only 

 black, and deadning the Fire, fo that it is a Tree of no Kind 

 of Profit. Its Fruit is good for nothing but to plant, yet 

 'tis reported, they have lately found the Secret of making 

 Powder for the Hair with it. All the Excellency of the 

 Horfe-Chefnut lies in its growing faft, but then it lafts but 

 a little while, and is very fubjeft to Miy-Bugs and Cater- 

 pillars, which flrip it fo entirely of its Leaves, as to leave 

 its Head quite naked and bare. 



The Beech is a Tree that grows very beautiful, and one 

 of the ftraiteft that are j its Bark is fmooth and Ihining, its 

 Leaf foniewhat fmall, but very handfome 5 its Wood hard, 

 and ufeful for abundance of Works. This Tree is very fit 

 to form Walks, Palifades, and Woods i but 'tis very fubjed: 

 to M?y-Bugs and Caterpillars. It produces a Fruit called 

 Beech'inaft^ which is eaten by fome, and has the Tafte of a 

 fmall Nut: They make Oil of it, and fometimes Bread, in 

 Times of great Scarcity i its Species is propagated by fow- 

 ing the Fruit. 



Horn-beam has much Conformity with the Beech, their 

 Bark and Leaf being very much alike : It is fit, as the Beech 

 is, to form Walks, Palifades, and Woods y but efpecially Pa- 

 lifades, in which 'tis made Ufe of more than any other 

 Pknt. Then the French change its Name, and inftead of 

 Charme^ call it Char?mlle^ which imports no more than fmall 

 Plants of Horn-beam about two Foot high, and no bigger 

 than a Wheat Straw; it bears no Fruit, but abundance of 

 Seed, which is very tedious to raife ; its Wood is very good 



to burn. This Tree is difficult to take Root, unlefs it be ia 



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