HORSE CHESTNUT (zEsculus Hippocastanurn, Linn.). A favorite avenue and park tree in Europe, that grows even more vigorously in our Eastern States than abroad. It is planted in all temperate countries, for its showy, creamy flowers, that form large, terminal spikes, not unlike those of potted hyacinths, at the ends of twigs. These come out with the opening leaves, from large, pointed buds, formed the pre vious summer. The shining, brown nuts, one or two in each
3-valved capsule, or husk, spiny outside, have white spots, the surface where they were attached. Inedible, because of their bitter principle, they are dearly loved by children who hoard them as they fall, in the late summer.