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seems a variety of this species. It is cultivated for food like 

 the rest. 



Fagus Cunningham!, Hooker. 



The Victorian and Tasmanian Beech. A magnificent ever- 

 green tree, attaining large dimensions and only living in cool, 

 damp, rich forest valleys, not rarely 200 feet high. The wood 

 much used by carpenters and other artizans, the Myrtle- wood 

 of the trade. It requires to be ascertained, by actual tests in 

 the forests, whether the allied tall evergreen New Zealand 

 Beeches possess any advantage over this species for forest 

 culture; they are Fagus Menziesii (Hooker), the Red Birch 

 of the colonists; Fagus fusca (Hooker), the Black Birch; 

 Fagus Solandri (Hooker), the White Birch. A magnificent 

 beech, Fagus Moorei (F. v. Mueller), occurs in New Eng- 

 land. 



Fagus Dombeyi, Mirbel. 



The Evergreen Beech of Chili, called there the Coigue or 

 Coihue. Of grand dimensions. Canoes out of its stem can 

 be obtained of a size to carry ten tons freight. The wood is 

 still harder than that of the following species, with the 

 qualities of which it otherwise agrees (Dr. Philippi). This 

 species extends to the Chonos group and perhaps still further 

 south, and thus might be of value even for Middle European 

 forest culture. 



Fagus ferruginea, Aiton. 



North American Beech. Grows there under similar circum- 

 stances as our Evergreen Beech here. Well-seasoned wood, 

 according to Simmonds, is extremely hard and solid, hence 

 employed for plane-stocks, shoe-lasts, tool-handles, and various 

 implements and turneries. 



Fagus obliqua, Mirbel. 



The Roble of Chili, called Coyam by the original inhabitants. 

 A tall tree with a straight stem, attaining 3 to 4 feet 

 diameter. Wood heavy and durable, well adapted for posts, 

 beams, girders, rafters, joists, etc., but not for flooring. One 

 of the few Chilian trees with deciduous foliage (Dr. Philippi) . 

 Its value, as compared to that of the European Beech, should 

 in forest plantations be tested. 



Fagus procera, Poeppig. 



Another deciduous Beech of Chili, where it passes by the 



