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or wide outlines of foliage. A higher kind of beauty, with 
more dignity and variety, can be formed of these two 
genera of trees when disposed in grand masses, than with 
any other forest trees of temperate climates ; perhaps we 
may say of any climate. 
There is so little difference in the common Sweet 
chestnut ( Castanea vesca) of both hemispheres, that they 
are generally considered the same species. Varieties have 
neen produced in Europe, which far surpass our common 
chestnuts of the woods in size, though not in delicacy and 
richness of flavor. Those cultivated for the table in 
France, are known by the name of marrons. These 
improved sorts of the Spanish chestnut bear fruit nearly 
as large as that of the Horse-chestnut, inferior in 
sweetness, when raw, to our wild species, but delicious 
when roasted. The Spanish chestnut thrives well, and 
forms a large tree, south of the Highlands of the Hudson, 
but is rather tender north of this neighborhood. A tree 
in the grounds at Presque Isle, the seat of William 
Denning, Esq., Dutchess Co., is now 40 feet high. They 
may be procured from the nurseries, and we can hardly 
recommend to our planters more acceptable additions to 
our nut-bearing forest trees. 
The Chinquapin, or Dwarf, chestnut ( C . pumila), is 
a curious low bush, from four to six feet high. The leaves 
are nearly the size of the ordinary chestnut, or rather 
smaller, and the fruit about two-thirds as large. It is indi- 
genous to all the states south of Pennsylvania, and is often 
found in great abundance. It is a curious little tree, or 
more properly a shrub, and merits a place in the garden ; 
or it may be advantageously planted for underwood in 
a group of large trees. 
