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Quercus Prinus. Chef nut -leaved Oak . 
1 6 . Quercus Prinus. Chefnut-leaved Oak . 
This grows naturally upon a light gravelly foil, 
frequently to forty feet or more in height, and above 
two feet in diameter; covered with a furrowed, 
lightifh coloured bark. The leaves are fomewhat 
oval and uniformly crenated on their edges, or ra- 
ther fometimes obtufely toothed. The acorns are 
fmooth and large, greenifh coloured and fitting in 
(hallow fpreading cups. The timber fomewhat ap- 
proaches towards that of Chefnut in appearance, but 
affords very good fuel, rails, & c. 
17. Quercus Prinus humilis. D*warf Chef- 
nut or Ckinquepin Oak . 
This generally rifes with feveral fhrubby, fpread- 
ing (talks, to the height of two or three feet. The 
leaves are fomewhat wedge-fhaped and toothed, or 
(lightly and obliquely fmuated. The acorns and 
cups pretty much referable thofe of the large kind, 
but are confiderably fmaller. 
It may not be improper here to make fome re- 
marks with refpedt to cutting, or felling of timber. 
Long experience, I think, hath fufficiently afcertain- 
ed, that timber cut down in the fpring of the year, 
when full of fap, and the leaves fully expanded ; 
and alfo in the third or laft quarter of the moon’s 
age; is much more durable than when cut at any 
other time. Timber when full of fap and vigour, 
in all probability, contains alfo more oily particles, 
which, in proportion as they abound, are known to 
add to its durability. With regard to the influence 
of the moon, it may probably be accounted a fuper- 
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