The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . FTowertnp branch A. flowers THE CHESTNUT (Castanea dentata) B. Staminate floweri Two or three flat-sided, silky nuts are exposed when the 4-valved spiny burs open in October. In July the green leavesare gilded by the profusion of staminate flower spikes that are waved like plumes of yellow chenille fringe at the ends of theiwigs. Very inconspicuous green spikes, sparsely flowered, bear solitary green pistillate flowers at their bases. The yellowthreads extruded from the ti
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . FTowertnp branch A. flowers THE CHESTNUT (Castanea dentata) B. Staminate floweri Two or three flat-sided, silky nuts are exposed when the 4-valved spiny burs open in October. In July the green leavesare gilded by the profusion of staminate flower spikes that are waved like plumes of yellow chenille fringe at the ends of theiwigs. Very inconspicuous green spikes, sparsely flowered, bear solitary green pistillate flowers at their bases. The yellowthreads extruded from the tip of each spiny oval cone are the stigmas eager to catch pollen. The Chestnuts Texas. It grows to be a tree west of the Mississippi River, reach-ing its greatest size and abundance in Arkansas and Texas. Theleaves, flowers and nuts proclaim this trees close kinship with thechestnut. A single ovoid nut with sweet kernel is contained in theglobular spine husk. These are found in autumn in the marketsof Southern cities. The chinquapin grows lustily and fruits abundantly on arocky bank in the Arnold Arboretum at Boston. This proves itshardiness far north of its natural range, and a sight of this thicket(or any other like it) must convince anyone that it is an orna-mental shrub worthy of introduction into parks and privateestates. Where the chinquapin grows large it is used for railroad tiesand fence posts. Its wood has the qualities of chestnut lumber,but is heavier. 2. Genus CASTANOPSIS, Spach. The Golden - leaved Chestnut (Castanopsis chrysophyUa,A. DC), also called chinquapin, seems to be a connecting linkbetween chestnuts and oaks. One American spe
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