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THE CANADIAN FORESTER S 



beech, like the hickory and butternut, requires the pro- 

 tection of more rapidly growing trees in its youth. It 

 grows slowly, though quicker than the oak, and when 

 full grown is sixty feet high. Though worth preserving, 

 it is not worth taking much trouble about, for its wood 

 is inferior to the maple and even to the yellow-birch as 

 a combustible, and for other purposes it is not much in 

 demand. The mast, when crushed, furnishes a by no 



53- — Iieaves of the chestnut and fruit. 



means despicable salad oil. The eng. No. 54, p. *I5, depicts 

 the beech. No. 65, p. *16, its leaves, and No. 56, same page, 

 the mast. 



Fraxinus Pubeseens — Red-Ash. 



This ash, which delights in rich soils, seldom exceeds 

 forty feet in height. The wood is inferior in quality, but 

 is in request for baskets and barrel-hoops. For its culti- 

 vation, &c., see the other articles on the ash. Out No. 5*7, 

 p. Tt, shows the red-ash, and No. 58, p. 78, its leaf. 

 Gymnocladus Canadensis — Coffee-tree. 



This tree, the singular name of which in French, 

 chicot, is derived from the appearance of the end of its 



