BEECH FAMILY 



times less ; the size varying with the number of en- 

 closed nuts, which frequently are two, though normally 

 one. In fruiting this chestnut apparently makes up in 

 number what it lacks in size ; it is more prolific branch 

 for branch than our common chestnut Castanea den- 

 tata. The plant is southern ; it crosses the border 

 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but its chosen home 

 is upon the slopes of the southern Alleghanies. 



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