Fagus 
sylvatica 
var. purpurea 
Fagus 
sylvatica, 
var 
heterophylla 
(asplenifolia) 
118 ARBORETUM NOTES. 
CUPULIFERE 2. 
richer and more glowing than that of the common 
kind. 
The finest purple Beech that I have seen is at 
Lady Cullum’s, at Hardwick, on the lawn behind 
the house: a truly magnificent tree. 
This variety does not fruit so regularly or so_ 
plentifully as the normal kind; indeed I believe it 
is rather unusual for it to bear perfect fruit. The 
great purple Beech at Hardwick, already men- 
tioned, bears (as I was told by Lady Cullum), 
abundance of fruit, and young trees have been 
raised from its seeds. It was in 1875 that I first 
observed the purple Beech to bear fruit at 
Barton; in that year, a tree at the east comer 
of our pleasure ground, nearly opposite to Mrs. 
Somerville’s Cedar, bore a good crop of mast, and 
another near the Library front of the house, 
fruited also; but less plentifully. These fruits 
were fully as large as those of the common Beech, 
and entirely like them, except in the coloug 
which was a rich, deep. purple-brown, turning 
browner as the autumn advanced, but always 
retaining a decided purple tinge. 
FAGuS syLvaTica. Var. Heterophylla (asplenifolia). 
Loudon, v. 3. 1951. 
One planted by my father in the arboretum, 
in 1831. It appears healthy, but has grown 
