orxamilJstal tre?:s. shrubs, etc. 



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RIVER S PURPLE-LEAVED BEECH. 



(From a Specimen in Our Collection.) 



F. s. var. cristata. Crested or Curled-leaved Beech. A singular, but 

 very ornamental variety of the European; of medium size, with small and almost 

 sessile leaves, crowded into small, dense tufts. $1.50 to $3.00. 



var. lieteropliylla. Fern-leaved Beech. A tree of elegant, round 

 habit, and delicately cat fern-like foliage. During the growing season its young 

 shoots are like tendrils, giving a graceful, wavy aspect to the tree. One of the 

 finest lawn trees. See cut. $1.50 to $•^.00. 



