. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXX. CORYLA^CEiE: CASTA^NEA. 913 Bois ; la Chataigne ordinaire ; la Chataigne pourtalonne; la Chataigne printaniere; la Chataigne verte du Limousin, whieh produces very large excellent fruit; and la Chataigne exalade. the fruit of which is the best of all the common chestnuts for the tab
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXX. CORYLA^CEiE: CASTA^NEA. 913 Bois ; la Chataigne ordinaire ; la Chataigne pourtalonne; la Chataigne printaniere; la Chataigne verte du Limousin, whieh produces very large excellent fruit; and la Chataigne exalade. the fruit of which is the best of all the common chestnuts for the table. (Le Son Jard., 1837.) The sweet chestnut differs essentially from the oak, in its timber not in- creasing in value as it increases in age. The trunk, in deep free soils, and in situations sheltered rather than exposed, rises erect, and forms a massive column of wood; but, in unsuitable soils, and in elevated exposed situations, and in cold climates, it ramifies at the height of 10 or 12 feet, and the tree as- sumes the character of a large pollard. The root descends perpendicularly, like that of the oak, but not, as it is alleged, to quite so great a depth. The rate of growth of young trees, in the neighbourhood of London, averages from 2 ft. to 3 ft. a year for the first 10 or 12 years. The tree will attain the height of from 60 ft. to 80 ft. in from 50 to 60 years ; before which period its timber is generally in the highest degree of perfection ; but the tree will live for se- veral eentmies afterwards, and produce abundance of fruit; its timber, in the mean while, beginning to decay at the heart, or become brittle, and fit only for fiiel. The wood of the chestnut has the remarkable property of being more durable when it is young than when it is old; the sap or outer wood very soon changing into heart wood; and hence the great value of this tree for. .706 C. vfoca. posts, fencing-poles, stakes, trelliswork, hoops, &c. The wood, when green, weighs 68 lb. 9 oz. per cubi
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