CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 157 



290. Castanea vulgaris, var. Americana, A. DeCandolle, 



Prodr. xvi 2 , 114. Schneck in Coulter's Hot. Gazette, vi, 159. Bell iu Geological Rep. C'auada, 1879-'80, 53 C . Ridgway in Proo. U.S. 

 Nat, Mus. 1882, 84. 



Fagus Castanea dentata, Marshall, Arbnstum, 46. 



Fagus Castanea, Wangenheim.Amer. 47 [not Linnu'iis]. Walter, Fl. Caroliniaua, y33. Aiton, Hort. Kew. iii, 361, in part. 

 Lamarck, 111. iii, 36<i, t. 782, in part. 



C. vesca, var. Americana, Michaux, Fl. Hor.-An-. ii. 193. Persoon, Syn. ii, 572. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 90. 

 Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 624. Eaton, Manual, 109; 6 ed. 84. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 217. Elliott, Sk. ii, 614. Torrey, 

 Compend. Fl. N. States, 355 ; Fl. N. York, ii, 195, t. 111. London, Arboretum, iii, 1984. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 

 184. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, KM, 2 ed. i, 187 & t. Porcber, Resources S. Forests, 238. - Vasey, Cat. Forest 

 Trees, 27. Rudkiu in Hull. Torrey Bot. Club, vii,81. 



. Americana, Rafinesque, New Fl. & Bot. i, 82. Willdenow, Enum. Stippl. 64. Nuttall, Sylva, i, 24 ; 2 ed. i, 38. Spach, 

 Hist. Veg. xi, 191. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 25(>. Koch, Dendrologie, ii*, 23. Martindale in Proc. 

 Philadelphia Aead. 1880, 2. 



C. vesca, Willdenow, Spec, iv, 460, iu part. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 500, iu part. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. ii, 151, t. 

 6 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 11, I. 104 [not Gsertner]. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 165, in part. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 856, in 

 part. Beck, Bot. 332. Penn. Cycl. vi, 350. Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 224. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 270. Darby, 

 Bot. S. States. 511. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 424. Curtis iu Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 46. Wood, 

 Cl. Book, 646; Bot, & Fl. 306. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 455. 



CHESTNUT. 



Southern Maine to the valley of the Winooski river, Vermont, southern Ontario and southern Michigan, south 

 through the northern states to Delaware and southern Indiana, and along the Alleghany mountains to northern 

 Alabama, extending west to middle Kentucky and Tennessee. 



A large tree, 24 to 30 meters in height, with a trunk 1.80 to 4 meters iu diameter; rich woods and hillsides; 

 very common and reaching its greatest development on the western slopes of the southern Alleghany mountains. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, liable to check and warp in drying, easily split, very durable in 

 contact with the soil ; layers of annual growth marked by many rows of large open ducts ; medullary rays numerous, 

 obscure; color, brown, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.4504; ash, 0.18; largely used in cabinet-making, 

 for railway ties, posts, fencing, etc. 



The fruit, although smaller, superior in sweetness and flavor to that of the European chestnut. 



An infusion or fluid extract of the dried leaves is successfully employed in the treatment of whooping-cough 

 And other pectoral affections (U. S. Dispensatory, 14 ed. 245. Nat. Dispensatory, 2 ed.,364). 



291. Fagus ferruginea, Aiton, 



Hort. K-w. iii, 362; 2ed. v, 298. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii, t. 75. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 400; Enum. 980; Berl. Baumz. 140. Persoon, 

 Syn.ii, 571. Desfoutaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 496. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. ii, 174, t.9 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 21, 1. 106. Smith 

 in Rees' Cyol. xiv, No. 4. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 624. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 90 ; Compend. Fl. Philadelph^ii, 174. Eaton, 

 Manual, 108; 6 ed. 145. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 856. Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 354; Fl. N. York, ii, 194, t. 110. Beck. Bot. 

 333. Eaton, Manual, (i ed. 145. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 19cO, f. 1U17. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 159. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 244. 

 Bigelow, Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 374. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 271. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 256. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 

 425. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 47. Wood, Bot. & F1.307. A. Db Candolle, Prodr. xvi 3 , 118. Gray, 

 Manual N. States, 5 ed. 455. Koch, Dcudrologie, ii 2 , 19. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 27. Broadhead in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iii, 60. 

 Sears in Bull. Essex Inst. xiii, 179. Bell in Geological Rep. Canada, 1879-'80, 52^. Ridgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 85. 



F. sylvatica atropunicea, Marshall, Arbustum, 46. 



F. Americana latifolia, Wangenheim, Amer. 80, t. 29, f. 55. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1980, f. 1916. 



F. sylvatica, Walter, Fl. Caroliuiana, 233 [not Liuna-us]. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 624. Beck, Bot. 333. Darlington, Fl. 

 Cestrica, 2 ed. 538. Darby, Bot, S. States, 512. 



F. sylvestria, Michanx, Fl. Bor. Am. ii, 194. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. ii, 170, t. 8 ; N.American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 18, 1. 107. 

 Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 159. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 388. 



F. alba, Raflnesqne.Vl. Ludoviciana, 131. 



.F. sylvatica, var. Americana, Nuttall, Genera, ii.aili. Barton, Compend. Fl. Philadelph. ii, 174. Elliott, Sk.ii, 613. Eaton, 

 Manual, 6 ed. 145. London, Arboretum, iii, 1953. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 244. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 153 ; 2 

 ed. i, 1M) &- t. Wood, Cl. Book, 647. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 235. 



F. Americana, Sweet, Hort. Brit. Spach, Hist. Veg. *i, 201. 



F. ferrvginea, var. Caroliniana, London, Arboretum, iii, 1980, f. 1915. 



