EUROPEA:, BEECH (Fagus syhatica, Linn.). An important 

 timber tree of Europe, extensively planted in the Eastern 

 States, where it attains great size. Distinguished from the 

 American beech by the dark color of its bark. 



The Purple Beech is a variety with purple foliage. Weeping 

 and cut-leaved varieties are very popular as dooryard trees. 

 All are horticultural forms of the Old \Yorld beech. 



