Mamison
Mamison or Mamisson , pass, 9,550 ft (2,911 m) high, in the central Greater Caucasus, on the border between Georgia and Russia. Crossed by the Ossetian Military Road, it links the cities of Kutaisi and Alagir, and the Ardon and Rion river valleys.
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European and Japanese horse chestnuts differentiated by heartwood color.(Wood of the Month)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Horse chestnuts in Europe (Aesculus...the Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinate...ago. "The horse chestnut was brought into Western...Trees. He said horse chestnuts turned out to be the...most think the name horse chestnut comes from Turkey...the nuts ...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Not just the end of conkers, but horse chestnuts as well? ; It is a simple game that has been played for generations, but experts warn a killer disease from the Himalayas is about to wipe out the West's horse chestnut trees - and with it the Great British game of conkers.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 5/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...out the West's horse chestnut trees - and with...million horse chestnuts are affected with...49 percent of horse chestnuts had symptoms...number of horse chestnut trees have always...worried about horse chestnuts that are near...away from a horse ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Will this moth ruin our conker trees? Horse chestnuts are under threat from a voracious European invader.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...experts warned yesterday. The horse chestnut leaf-mining moth is spreading rapidly...the Royal Horticultural Society. Horse chestnut trees - which produce conkers...In recent years it has devastated horse chestnut trees across much of mainland...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Moth attacks threaten horse chestnut trees
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 7/19/2006; 612 words
; ...Westcountry's precious stock of horse chestnut trees is facing attack from...spreading pest. The horse chestnut leaf miner moth has spread...monitoring the spread of horse chestnut leaf miner. "As well as...impact on the trees." Horse chestnuts across southern and ...
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Horse chestnuts a show of tolerance
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/28/2005; 401 words
; Horse chestnut trees are great survivors...blooms of the common horse chestnut, A. hippocastanum and...hippocastanum and A. pavia . Horse chestnuts include about 15 species...road reserve. Common horse chestnut is especially tolerant of...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Coombe Abbey's trees under threat; This spectacular avenue of horse chestnuts could all disappear.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 10/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...collection of conker trees - horse chestnuts - at Coombe Abbey park are...says every one of 130 horse chestnuts trees in the main driveway...least 20 years for a horse chestnut to produce a decent crop of...past. The park and the horse chestnuts around Stoke Green in ...
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A knockout blow? Game over? Children love playing conkers but the horse chestnut is now under threat from bleeding canker and leaf miner (inset).
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...QUESTION Are our chestnut trees under threat...IT'S not our chestnut trees (Castanea spp), but our horse chestnuts (Aesculus spp...British horse chestnuts is no new phenomenon...disease. Horse chestnut trees are also...
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Tiger-Lilies & Horse-Chestnuts.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Prairie Schooner; 3/22/2002; ; 443 words
; Tiger-Lilies & Horse-Chestnuts Had I been alive when flowers could...lily to one wrist, branch of a horse-chestnut tree to the other. My six tapered...Balinese finger-dance, while my horse-chestnut hand's fan-shaped...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Moths and disease killing London's horse chestnuts.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 8/25/2006; 700+ words
; ...carried out if London's horse chestnuts are to survive an...starved them of water - horse chestnuts are among the most vulnerable...early. Mr Rose said: Horse chestnuts are very important for London...the incredible impact horse chestnuts have on the way London ...
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Moth that's killing off our conkers; EXPERTS SAY INFESTATION THREATENS FUTURE OF HORSE CHESTNUT TREE.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 10/12/2005; 669 words
; ...London. Now the advance of the horse chestnut leaf miner moth, whose larvae...pests that had decimated horse chestnut trees across Europe, she...and severe damage to horse chestnuts has occurred annually...a bad opinion of the horse chestnut tree and stop planting it...
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Horse Chestnut
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Horse chestnut Description The European horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum , is the horse chestnut most frequently used in herbal medicine...of the Hippocastanaceae family. Horse chestnuts are in an entirely different botanical...
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horse chestnut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
horse chestnut common name for...America. The horse chestnut tree, Aesculus...same genus. Horse chestnuts and buckeyes...somewhat resemble true chestnuts in appearance but...wood of the horse chestnut and of the buckeye...
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horse-chestnut
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
horse-chestnut See AESCULUS and HIPPOCASTANACEAE .
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Chestnut
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...chestnut The American chestnut Chestnuts are species of trees in...seeds (or nuts). True chestnut seeds should not be confused with horse chestnuts, or buck-eyes, genus...seeds. The wood of all chestnut species can be manufactured...
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chestnut
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; n. 1. (also sweet chestnut ) a glossy brown nut that may...x220E; short for horse chestnut . ∎ ...color. ∎ a horse of a reddish-brown color...patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs. 5. colloq. a stale...
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