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SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 
CUPULIFER. 
Easily raised from seed, and easily transplanted, the Beech is admirably suited to decorate the 
pleasure-grounds of our eastern states, where, however, it is as yet less commonly planted than the 
European species and its varieties. 
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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Pratt CCCCXLIV. Facus AMERICANA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a pistillate inflorescence. 
A staminate flower, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a staminate flower, enlarged. 
. A cluster of pistillate flowers with their involucre, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of a cluster of pistillate flowers with their involucre, 
enlarged. 
. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 
. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
A nut, natural size. 
Vertical section of a nut, natural size. 
Cross section of a nut, natural size. 
A seed, with the hairy dissepiment attached at its apex and slightly 
separated below, and the abortive ovules, natural size. 
An embryo, natural size. 
A winter branch, natural size. 
A leaf-scar, enlarged. 
A seedling plant with cotyledons and young leaves, natural size. 
