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The beech (Fagus ferruginea) is not found in our 

 streets. There is a tree on the path by the water at 

 Harmony Grove cemetery. It is not common in this 

 part of the county, but those who frequent the Chebacco 

 woods, or drive to Manchester by the Chebacco house, 

 will remember the fine beeches near the stable, and 

 the grove of young trees at the junction of the road 

 to the lake, and that through the woods. The beech 

 is abundant along the Merrimac river at North Andover 

 and Lawrence. 



The European beech (Fagus sylvatica) resembles 

 its American relative strongly, as much so, almost, 

 as does the chestnut its American prototype, and it 

 seems rather strange that different specific names should 

 be given them. It is not, however, so fine a tree as the 

 American beech in any respect. There are several by 

 the roadside near the Loring jjlace at Pride's Crossing, 

 and in the Broad street cemetery there is an excellent 

 example of this tree. It is the second in the row 

 of trees previously mentioned, at the south of the High 

 School building. 



The copper beech and purple beech are garden 

 varieties of the European beech. There are purple 

 beeches at Mr. Geo. Chase's on Lafayette street. Mr. 

 Eobert Manning's on Dearborn street, at Mr. Moses 

 Ruggles' in North Salem, generally known as the Poor 

 estate, at Harmony Grove cemetery, and several other 

 places. The purple beech is undoubtedly one of the 

 most striking and valuable additions to our collections 

 of ornamental trees which the gardner has produced. 



The copper beech is well shown in a fine tree in the 

 yard of Mr. Edwin N. Peabody, at No. 41 Summer 

 street. 



