Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum
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wild or cultivated
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HORSE-CHESTNUT. Turkey. The common horse-chestnut is cultivated for ornament but never for the purpose of a food supply. It is now known to be a native of Greece or the Balkan Mountains[1]. Pickering[2] says it was made known in 1557; Brandis[3], that it was cultivated in Vienna in 1576; and Emerson[4], that it was introduced into the gardens of France in 1615 from Constantinople. John Robinson[5] says that it was known in England about 1580. It was introduced to northeast America, says Pickering[6], by European colonists. The seeds are bitter and in their ordinary condition inedible but have been used, says Balfour[7], as a substitute for coffee.
- ↑ Robinson, J. Agr. Mass. 34. 1850.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 892. 1879.
- ↑ Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 104. 1876.
- ↑ Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:546. 1875.
- ↑ Robinson, J. Letter to Dr. Sturtevant Oct. 13, 1881.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 892. 1879.
- ↑ Balfour, J. H. Man. Bot. 459. 1875.