CASTANEA SP. Chinese chestnut. 
Young trees of this wild chestnut are growing in this 
country in areas affected by the chestnut bark disease (Dla- 
porthe parasitica Murr. ) It is hoped that this species may be 
immune to this malady, which is killing out the native chest- 
nut trees of the country, and may prove a substitute for our 
species. Its nuts are of fair quality. 
