The Horse-chestnut.
The horse-chestnut was taken to Europe from Asia. There itsnuti had been used as food for horses, as they still are in Turkey. On this account, and because they look like the sweet brown che»tnuti, they are called ' horne-ehoptnuta.' In Southern Europe they are fed to sheep, cattle and poultry. In Ireland they are used iv the bleaching of linen. In America they are bometinies used by foolish people as a charm. Chestnut-trees have bpen known to live to an age of several hundred years. One ou Mount htna, in Italy, is a hundred and ninety feet around. It is called the 'Tree of a Hundred Horses' for it once sheltered a queen with her followers. It is a Spanish or Italian chestuut. Oth^r very old ones arc found in England
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 24 July 1902, Page 19
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133The Horse-chestnut. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 24 July 1902, Page 19
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