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unhealthy aspect. There are also varieties with the leaves striped or 

 blotched with white only, and others with only golden-striped leaves. 

 F. s. 5 heterophylla F. s. laciniata Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; F. s. s- 

 plenifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; F. s. incisa Hort. ; F. s. salicifolia 

 Hort. ; Hetre a Feuilles de Saule, Fr. ; the various, or cut, leaved 



1692. F. s. heteiophtflla. 



1693. F . s. heterophj-lla. 



Beech. The leaves variously cut, as in fig. 1692. ; sometimes in 

 narrow shreds, so as to resemble a fern, as in fig. 1693. ; and, at 

 other times, in shreds of greater breadth, like the leaves of a willow. 

 This variety, which may be designated as more curious than beauti- 

 ful, is very apt to return to 

 the normal form. 



F. s. 6 cristdta Lodd. Cat. ed. 

 1836. F. s. crlspa Hort. ; 

 Hetre Crete de Coq, Fr. ; 

 the crested, or curled-leaved 

 Beech. (The plate of this 

 tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., 

 vol. viii.; and our fig. 1694.) 

 This variety is a mon- 

 strosity, with the leaves 

 small, and almost sessile, 

 and crowded into small 

 dense tufts, which occur at 

 intervals along the branches. 

 The tree never attains a 

 large size, as may be ex- 

 pected from its deficiency 

 in foliage. 



F. s. 7 pendula Lodd. Cat. ed. 

 1836. Hetre Parasol, Fr. ; 

 the weeping Beech. When 

 this variety is grafted stan- 

 dard high, it forms a very 

 singular and highly beautiful object, well deserving a place in 

 collections of weeping trees. There is a splendid natural specimen 

 in one of the plantations bordering Milton Park, in Northampton- 

 shire, of which a plate is given in Arb. Brit. 1 ~ 4 - ~ A '^ - rtl *"" 



1st edit., vol. viii. 



