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colonists; Fagus Fusca, Hook., the Black Birch; Fa- 
gus Solandri, Hook., the White Birch. A magnifi- 
cent beech, Fagus Moorei, F. von Muell. occurs in 
New England. 
Fagus silvatica, L.—The deciduous Beech of Brit- 
ain, of most other parts of Europe and extra-tropical 
Asia, and as Fagus ferruginea, Ait., in a particular 
variety, extending through North America. The 
trunk has been measured in height, one hundred and 
eighteen feet, the head, three hundred and fifty feet 
in diameter; the wood is hard, extensively used by 
joiners and ship-builders. An allied Beech, Fagus 
Sieboldii, Endl, occurs in Japan. All these could 
here be grown to advantage only in our springy 
mountain forests. 
Ficus sycamorus, L.—The Sycamore Fig-tree of 
the Orient, copiously planted along the road-sides of 
Egypt. The shady crown extends to a width of 
one hundred and twenty feet. Though introduced, 
we have, as yet, no local means of raising this tree in 
quantity, and must therefore rely on fresh importations 
of cuttings, or more particularly seeds. 
Ficus macrophylla, Desfont.—The Moreton Bay 
Fig-tree, which is indigenous through a great part of 
East Australia. Perhaps the grandest of our avenue 
trees, and among the very best to be planted, although 
in poor, dry soil its growth is slow. In our latitudes 
it is quite hardy in the lowland. The foliage may 
occasionally be injured by grasshoppers. Easily raised 
from seed. 
Fraxinus Americana, L.—The White Ash of North 
America. A large tree, eighty feet high, which 
delights in humid forests. Timber valuable, better 
