THE BEECH. 



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some, the trunks of which measure upwards of ten 

 feet in circumference, and that the branches, 

 which extend fifty feet from the stem, touch 

 the ground. 



Comparatively few insects attack the Beech, 

 and those which do are chiefly the grubs of 

 moths. The fungi which attack the leaves and 

 bark are more numerous. Among those which 

 grow on the ground in Beech woods, the most 



MORELS. 



remarkable are the Morel* and the Truffle.f 

 The former of these is a mushroom-like fungus. 



Morchella esculenia. 



t Tuher cibarium. 



