a DECIDUOUS TREES. 93 
‘ The Beech has many excellent qualities, and although 
it is not one of most profitable kinds to grow for timber, 
7 still any one who contemplates planting forest trees on a 
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Fig. 30. 
large scale should not overlook it. There is but one clearly 
defined native species described by Dr. Gray, although all 
botanists prior to him have supposed there were several. 
Facus FeruGingEaA (Red Beech, White Beech, ete— 
