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getlier. After tlie young plants are well established thej bear 

 the knife well, and do not sprout up from the roots as vigorously 

 as other trees. In exposed situations on the prairies, barriers of 

 this kind should be formed along the north and north-west bor- 

 ders of gardens, bailding-lots 

 barn-yards, etc. For snch 

 purpose the Beech will ans- 

 wer better than any other 

 tree, excepting the ever- 

 greens. The wood of the 

 Beech is applied to many 

 useful purposes, and would 

 be much more used were it 

 not for the abundance of 

 other kinds afforded by the 

 forests of our country. As 

 an ornamental tree, the beech 

 is no great favorite, though 

 PIN OAK. in its young state especially, 



it is a handsome tree. For its density of shade, the clean and 

 neat appearance of its bark, its bright shining leaves, its slender 

 and elegant branches, this tree is certainly worthy of the atten- 

 tion of the landscape gardener. We are too apt to judge of the 

 characteristics of a tree from its adpearance in the dense forests, 

 where it has not room to spread, rather than when growing in 

 an open space, where it could display all its beauty. 



There are two varieties of the European Beech well worthy 

 of cultivation in Wisconsin. They are known as the Purple 

 Beech, and the Weeping Beech. 



88. Garpinus Americana, of Michaux. — Hornheam, Water Beech. 



This is a small tree, found abundantly almost everywhere in 

 the American forests. It has several names by which it is known 

 in different parts of the country — among them are Hornbeam, 

 Hop-horn -beam, Iron-wood, Blue Beech, Water or Swamp Beech, 

 etc., etc. Some of these names are also applied to the next 

 species. The bark has some resemblance to that of the Beech 



