EVERGREENS. 149 



FAGTTS. 



(Beech.) 



FAGUS BETULOIDES. Mirld. 

 (Birch-like Beech.) 



From Tierra del Fuego. An evergreen tree with 

 neat foliage, perfectly hardy, and very handsome. We 

 quote the description of this tree from Sir W. J. 

 Hooker's "Guide to Kew Gardens. " "It is remark- 

 able for its beauty and small evergreen foliage, scarcely 

 larger than that of the broad-leaved myrtle, and for its 

 being the most southern tree in the world ; indeed, 

 there exists but little vegetation of any kind beyond 

 it. Its size and form, however, in its native region, 

 depend on the place of its growth. In sheltered valleys 

 it attains a considerable size, with a trunk seven feet 

 in diameter, so that Captain Philip King made large 

 boats from one trunk ; while on the exposed heights 

 of Hermite Island the trees are so dwarfish and 

 stunted, and the branches so densely compacted, that 

 the traveller is able literally to walk upon the tops of 

 them." 



GARRYA, Douglas. 



GARRYA ELLIPTICA. Douglas. 

 (Elliptic-leaved Garrya.) 



The Male. 

 In favourable situations this is a very handsome 



