43G DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Reseda. 



leaves and with 6 to 9 pistils to each seed-vessel. This is said 

 to bear fruit more early, and of a larger size. Mr. Stackhouse. 



sylvat'ica. F. Leaves egg-shaped ; indistincly serrated. 



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nat. ii. 2$. 1, at p. 29C-JV*/. deltn. ii. 19. 1, at p. 312. 



Catkins globular. Linn. Bark smooth, white. 

 Beech Tree. Woods and hedges in a calcareous 



March 



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HESE'DA. Calyx 1 leaf, divided s petals jagged : 



capsule 1 -celled, many-seeded, opening at 

 the top. 



Lute'ola. R* Leaves spear-shaped, entire, with a tooth on each side 



the base: calyx 4 -cleft. 



E. hot. 32Q-Knipb. 5-Fl. dan. 86±~ShelJr. 92~Trag. 362- 

 Lonic. i. 155. A-Ger. 398. \-Matth. \3Q7~Dod. 8Q-L0L 

 obs. 190. 3-Ger. em. 494-iW. 603. \-Pet. 38. 12- 



Black™. 283-J. -#• "*• ^j. 2. 

 Stems cylindrical, hollow, furrowed. Leaves strap-spear- 

 shaped, with a very minute reddish tooth on each side of the 

 base. Floral-leaves, 1 at the base of each flower. Calyx seg- 

 ments 4, spear-shaped, the 2 ujjper wide asunder. Petals 3, the 

 upper hand-shaped, with 4 divisions ; the 2 lateral ones oblong* 

 sometimes cloven. Nectary broad, somewhat hollowed on the 



* The tree is large and beautiful, but no verdure will flourish under 

 its shade. It loves a fertile soil. Whilst young it b apt to surfer from 

 exposure. It is difficult to transplant. It retains its old leaves through 

 the winter. It bears lopping well, and may be trained to form very iotty 

 hedges. — The wood is brittle ; soon decays in the air, but endures under 

 water. It is formed into tool handles, planes, mallets, chairs, and bed- 

 steads. Split into thin layers it is used to make scabbards for swords. It 

 is excellent fuel, and when burnt affords a large quantity of Pot-ash.— 

 The leaves, gathered in autumn, before they are much injured by the 

 frosts, make infinitely better mattrasses than straw or chaff*, and endure 

 for 7 or 8 years. The nuts, or masts as they are called, when eaten, oc- 

 casion giddiness and head-ache ; but when well dried and powdered make 

 wholesome bread. They are sometimes roasted and substituted for coffee. 

 They fatten swine, and are greedily devoured by mice, squirrels, and birds. 

 The poor people in Silesia use the expressed oil instead of butter. Sheep 

 and goats eat the leaves. f 



Pbalana Popull, Cory 11, pudeburtda ; Curculh Fag! ; Sca'abeus Mtl»~ 



lontha ; Aphis Fagi f feed upon both species. Linn. A horse kept at grass 

 eats it. Mr. Hollefear. In some parts of Hertfordshire, where tne 

 soil is a strong clay full of flints, these trees grow to a very large size, 

 and are of extreme beauty. It does not relish a light soil. Ho tree is 

 more beautiful when standing singly in parks or ornamental grounds, as & 

 throws out its branches very regularly, and feathers almost to the ground. 

 In woods or groves it grows clear of branches to a great height. Mr. 



Woodward. 





