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grafting. When the latter practice is adopted, it is found to be more success- 

 ful when the scions are of two 3'ears' growth, and when the graft is earthed up 

 in the manner practised with the grafts of American oaks. (See p. 862.) 



t 2. F. ferrugi'nea Aii. The American (errugmous-ivooded Beech. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 3G2. ; Michx. N. Amer.,3. p. 21. 

 Synoni)mes. F. americana latifolia Du Roi Harbk. 1. p. 269. ; red 



Beech, Atner. 

 Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. lOG. ; Wang. Amer., t. 29. 



f. 55. ; aud our Jig. 1698. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate, acuminate, thickly 

 toothed ; downy beneath ; ciliate on the margin. 

 ( JVil/d.) A deciduous tree, so much resembling 

 the common European beech, as by some to be 

 considered only a variety of it. North America. 

 Height 40ft. to 60ft. "Introduced in 1766, and 

 not unfrequent in collections. 



Varieties. 



^f . f. 2 carolijiidna. F. caroliniana Lodd. 

 Cat. ed. 1836. (Our /^. 1697.) Leaves 

 somewhat cordate at the base, ovate, slightly 

 acuminate, obsoletely dentate, and somewhat mucronate. The 

 colour is a very dark green, somewhat tinged with purple when fully 

 mature. The veins of the under side of the leaf are somewhat 

 hoary. Not common in collections. 



1' F. /; 3 latifolia. F. latifolia of Lee's Nursery. (Our Jig. 1699.) 



Leaves lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate ; tapering at the 

 base, feather-nerved, much 

 longer than those of the 

 preceding variety in pro- 

 portion to their breadth, 

 and of a lighter green. 



1697. F. f. caroiiniiina. 



1698. 



1699. F. f. latifoUa. 



F. feiTuginea. 



I The American beech is easily known from the European one by its much 

 shorter obtusely pointed buds, with short, roundish, convex scales, which ter- 

 minate almost abruptly, and are enclosed in numerous, short, loose scales. 

 Its leaves are equally briUiant with those of the white or European beech, a 

 little larger and thicker, and more deeply serrated. Its fruit is of the same 



form, but only half as large ; while the prickles of its calyx are less nu- 

 merous, but firmer. The wood is somewhat red, or of a rusty hue, when 



, mature ; whence the name. Propagated by layers and grafting. 



