$0 KINDS OF TREES, 



fpoiled through inattention after cutting. If it be 

 allowed to lye in the tree, it foon heats and be- 

 comes quite/rw^ (brittle) and worthlefs : It there- 

 fore ought to be inftantly cut up into planks and 

 laid to dry. 



THE HORNBEAM. 



(Carpinus betulus.) 



The Hornbeam, in its general appearance, very 

 much refembles the beech, but it does not grow 

 near fo large, It is not now, however, planted 

 as an ornamental tree, and but feldom as a timber 

 one, although it certainly deferves a place in the 

 foreft. It is often planted as a fcreen, and as a 

 fence ; to which offices it is well adapted; being 

 very hardy, and retaining its leaves (like the beech) 

 in a fhrivelled ftate, over winter. 



The timber of this tree is nothing inferior to 

 the beech, for any purpofe to which beech is 

 ufually applied ; and for fome purpofes, (as mill- 

 work), it is far preferable. It makes good fuel, 

 and affords excellent charcoal. In fome parts of 

 England it abounds in natural copfes ; and forms 

 an excellent cover for game ; and alfo produces 

 good flakes for fences and the like. 



