BEECH FAMILY 



the surface of tlie ground. Two sections of the trunk have 

 disappeared and a road now runs tlirough what is left. 



The wood is valuable chieflv because of the tannic acid it 

 contains, which makes it very durable in contact with the soil. 



During the tertiary period Casfa/iea ranged to Greenland 

 and Alaska and traces of it are found in the miocene rocks 

 of Oregon and Colorado. 



The Chincpiapin, Castaiica piiDiila, is a southern tree often a 

 shrub, which bears an abundance of small sweet chestnuts. 

 The leaf resembles that of C. dentata but is smaller and very 

 downy on the under surface. This tree is reported as hardy 

 in the Arnold Arboretum. 



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