Fuego. Two others— a species and a variety— have, however, 
been recently added to this interesting group of trees ; they are 
Faffua obliqua and F. antarctica var. uliginosa. Hew oweB 
their acquisition to Mr. H. J. Elwes, who presented seeds in 
March, 1902, which he had collected during his iravels in Chili and 
Argentine one or two months previously. Sown in gentle heat 
they germinated well, especially those of F. obliqua, and growing 
away freely they were planted out in the open ground, where they 
have now withstood two winters without any protection, and are 
at present in perfect health. It is, however, too early yet to 
proclaim them as hardy at Kew, for they have not been subjected 
to a temperature lower than 19° Fahr. Still, there is little doubt 
but that they will be perfectly at home in the southern and 
western counties of England and Ireland, and in the hope of 
ensuring them a permanent place in the gardens of the British 
isles the few surplus specimens will this autumn be distributed 
to these and similarly mild localities. 
F betuloides is the best known of these South American 
Beeches in this country, and one of the finest specimens of it in 
cultivation is m the garden at Pencarrow, Cornwall. This tree is 
now d9 tt. high with a trunk 4 ft. 3 ins. in girth. The deep 
small, prettily crenate, evergreen leaves, and 
*er it one of the most striking a 
: now being tried in the open 
W^7 T Kmg 1S the nearest localit y to London where it is 
E a Ar . s » cceeded out-of-doors for anv length of time, 
specimen tn^M tT£ W °**™ r '* nurser y- There is also a fine 
The «3 ' B Y E ' C - Chambers' garden near Haslemere. 
cnlthStinn g: S + ?- fat aS We are aware > the sP^ies is not under 
folloltrn * thlS C ° Untry - Mr ' Bw kindly furnishes the 
'Coilp^ J h u P° nit: -' 1 This fine beech is known in Chile as 
of the And^n 8 v f e, \ ab ^nt in the forests of the western slope 
ofSeBa^ofWS bOUt5 S 000or6 ' 000 ft in the neighbourhood 
I \ll Volf i t h Uan ' and as far s °nth as I went on the shores of 
^2&Ym£X U A a ^ inB a ^ eat size in favourable situations, 
another 27 f tTJ?™ 1 ? low the Baths of Chilla * bein S 22 ft., and 
in mire forest o , ^? mf f "?<» at 5 ^ * rom the ground It grows 
FagwanTarcttW, 1? Wlth Ara ^^ and, higher up, with 
"^te^u7^^^»«™ s i de of the ™?f 
the drier r P m™ vSi 1B . sufiieie ntly heavy, but does not extend to 
-p^&^&TlSI^ ? h - r brought home seeds and 
tree is ofte^coTOred ^Jf^ Meh q^ina on February 9th. This 
Herbarium. I was told bv W. « hl ? h g °°? s P ecimens are in the 
for timber on iX vil 7 , v' Barton > who wa s felling this tree 
to floaTwnen S reen ^t^? 1 ' that the timber was to ° h ™^ 
appear to have been 
green." The seeds 
received at Kew 
