﻿Origin 
  of 
  Wild 
  Species 
  595 
  

  

  university 
  is 
  being 
  erected. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  century 
  

   ago 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  purple 
  beech 
  

   were 
  discovered 
  there. 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  improbable 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  last 
  

   named 
  localities 
  should 
  have 
  received 
  their 
  pur- 
  

   ple 
  beeches 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  named 
  forest, 
  it 
  seems 
  

   reasonable 
  to 
  assume 
  that 
  the 
  variety 
  must 
  have 
  

   been 
  produced 
  at 
  least 
  thrice. 
  

  

  The 
  purple 
  beech 
  is 
  now 
  exceedingly 
  common 
  

   in 
  cultivation. 
  But 
  Jaggi 
  succeeded 
  in 
  showing 
  

   that 
  all 
  the 
  plants 
  owe 
  their 
  origin 
  to 
  the 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  trees 
  mentioned 
  above, 
  and 
  are, 
  including 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  cultivated 
  specimens 
  with 
  the 
  sole 
  ex- 
  

   ception 
  of 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Buch, 
  probably 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  Thiiringen. 
  They 
  are 
  easily 
  

   multiplied 
  by 
  grafting, 
  and 
  come 
  true 
  from 
  

   seed, 
  at 
  least 
  often, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  high 
  proportion. 
  

   Whether 
  the 
  original 
  trees 
  would 
  yield 
  a 
  

   pure 
  progeny 
  if 
  fertilized 
  by 
  their 
  own 
  pol- 
  

   len 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  not 
  been 
  tested. 
  The 
  young 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  have 
  purple 
  seed-leaves, 
  and 
  may 
  easily 
  be 
  

   selected 
  by 
  this 
  character, 
  but 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  

   be 
  always 
  subjected 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  

   vicinism. 
  

  

  Many 
  other 
  instances 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  

   found 
  in 
  accidental 
  specimens 
  constituting 
  a 
  

   new 
  variety 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state, 
  might 
  be 
  given. 
  

   The 
  oak-leaved 
  beech 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  forest 
  

   of 
  Lippe-Detmold 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  near 
  Ver- 
  

  

  