DECIDUOUS TREES. 
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sweet chestnut more worthy of attention and liberal planting 
than it has ever received. 
As a park or street tree, its very habit of yielding good fruit 
we suppose would be the first objection made to its introduction, 
because of the liability of its branches being broken by reckless 
boys and lawless men. We can only say this is no fault of the 
tree, but is a bad mark for those who educate the boys, and an 
indication that we have many laws that are made only to be 
broken. 
Every planter of private grounds who has room should use 
the chestnut, as it is in itself as a tree beautiful, whether singly 
or in groups, of easy cultivation, and produces fruit of value as 
profitable one year with another as an apple-tree. A light, dry, 
yet rich soil suits it best, but it will grow in any good soil that 
is well drained. It is somewhat difficult to transplant after the 
trees are more than three years from the seed, but by cutting 
around the roots one season previous, trees of considerable size 
can be safely removed. 
The French Marron or Spanish chestnut we have found 
equally hardy, and as their fruit is much larger where the trees 
can be had, they will be the best. 
Coffee Tree — Gymnocladus. — The Kentucky coffee tree 
( gymnocladus canadensis) is a singular tree, remarkable and 
always attracting attention, but without any feature that would 
otherwise call it into use as one to plant in ornamenting grounds. 
Its wood has no appearance of buds, and in winter it looks like 
a dead tree ; but when it puts on its foliage, which is often very 
long and wide, and of a dull bluish green, its character is very 
much improved. As a curiosity in large collections it is desir- 
able. Rich, deep, moist soil gives it the greatest vigor. 
Cherry — Cerasus. — Under the name of wild or Bird Cherry 
there are several varieties popularly recognized, but only that 
classed by botanists as Virginiana is desirable for parks or 
