CHAT. CV. 



C'ORYLA^CF./E. CA'RPINUS. 



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Synonumcs. ttrpinus Matth. ^nlgr., 1 p. 131., Cam. KpH., 71., Dott. Pemj.t., 841., Hall. Hist., 2. 

 p. 298. No. ltii>7. ; O'strya Batik. Pin., 427., /tort N//M., 4:11.; O'rnua 7Vrt#. ///., 1109.; 



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AiwA. //<*/., 1. p. 2. 14(i. f. ; -fli'lulus Lob.' Ic., <2. 19(). f. 



Engravings. Eng. Hot., t. 2032. ; Fl. Dan., t. l,m ; Ix>b. Ic., 2. p. 190., f. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 58. ; 

 and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., %c. Bracteas of the fruit flat, oblong, serrated, with two lateral 

 lobes. (Smith.) A deciduous tree, a native of Britain, and of various parts 

 of Europe, in magnitude and general character resembling the common 

 beech. 



Varieties. 



t C. B. 2 incisa Lodd. Cat., 1836; C. v. yuercifolia Desf.; C. v. hetero- 



phylla Hort. ; has the leaves deeply cut. There are plants in the 



Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the arboretum of Messrs. 



Loddiges ; one at Cheshunt, 6 years planted, and 17 ft. high; and 



one at Kinfauns Castle, 15 ft. high, with a trunk 2 in. in diameter. 



C. B. 3 variegdta Lodd. Cat., 1836, has the leaves variegated. 



Description, $c. The hornbeam, according to Sir J. E. Smith, is generally 



a " rigid tree of humble growth ;" but one which " when standing by itself, 



and allowed to take its natural form, will make a much handsomer tree than 



most people are aware of." (Eiig. Fl. t iv. p. 156.) Miller says that, when 



growing under favourable circumstances, it will attain the height of 60 ft. 



or 70 ft., with a tolerably straight trunk, and bushy head, particularly on cold 



stiff clay ; but it is very seldom allowed to become a timber tree. Being ex- 



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tremely patient of the knife, and forming excellent hedges, it is generally cut 

 in when young ; so that the few old trunks yet remaining in the country, of any 

 size, are pollards. The trunk is generally flattened or irregular in its shape, 

 being very rarely, if ever, round ; and it seldom measures more than from 6 ft. 



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