: XXIII. Ax Account of a remarkitble Fariet of the Beech, Fagus Sylva- 
ticae By Chriftian Henry Perfoot, M.A. F. M. L.S. 
Read Oétober I, 1799. 
REES in general are not liable to thofe alterations i in their 
fubftantia parts that we obferve in fmaller plants... In fome 
indeed the leaves. frequently become by culture variegated with 
white or yellow fpots, and in that ftate are much admired by lovers 
of gardening. The Beech however is fubject to vary, not ona in 
the colour, but alfo in the figure of its leaves. 
The beautiful variety of this tree with blood-red leaves* is ; pretty = 
well known, and is multiplied by engrafting on the common kind; 
but being deficient in vigour, as all fuch varieties originate in weak- 
neís, it does not always fucceed. 
A fingular variety with deeply indented leaves has been dif- : 
covered in Bohemia by Mr. Vignet +, not much unlike the laci- : 
niated variety of Betula alnus in figure. _ 
A lefs ftriking but ufeful variety is defcribed by. Mr. inia 
under the name of Mandelbiiche, Almond Beech, growing wild in 
= Fagus fylvatica, var. foliis atropurpureis. ` V. Burgfdorf Anleitung zur fichern Erzgie- 
hung der Holzarten. Th. 2. p. 91. The author mentions his being alfo in pofleflion of a 
variety of the fame tree with ftreaked leaves. 
T F.fylvatica, var. laciniata, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis glabris profunde ferratis: 
ferraturis acutis patentibus. 4. v. Vignet Anzeige einer neu-entdeckten Bucbenabart, 
—. Vide Schmidts Sammlung phyficalifch-ceconomifeher Aufitae, I band. p. 173. 1. —— 
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