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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
RENDER ME JUSTICE. 
Chestnut Tree. — Castanea. 
“New cheese and chestnuts are our country fare. 
With mellow apples for your welcome cheer.” 
Virgil’s Pastorals. 
This tree, which affords a wholesome nou¬ 
rishment to the inhabitants of many coun¬ 
tries, is not sufficiently regarded in Britain. 
It was however of more importance in former 
days, and the roasting of these nuts is men¬ 
tioned by poets whose verses will ever be ad¬ 
mired, however time may change our customs. 
“ Or whose discourse with innocent delight 
Shall fill me now, and cheat the wintry night ? 
While hisses on my hearth the pulpy pear. 
And black’ning chestnuts start, and crackle there.” 
Milton. 
