Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries ellwangerbarrysg1893moun Year: 1893 Rivers' Purple-leaved Beech. (From a Specimen in our Collection.) Fagus s. var. purpurea. Purple-leaved Beech. B. Discovered in a German forest. An elegant vigorous tree,, growing 40 to 50 feet high. The foliage in spring is deep purple, and later in the season changes to crimson,. and again to a dull purplish green in the fall. $ to $ var. purpurea major. B. An erect, rapid grower; leaves large, shining and very dark purple. $ var. purpurea Rive
Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue Ellwanger & Barry's general catalogue : Mount Hope nurseries ellwangerbarrysg1893moun Year: 1893 Rivers' Purple-leaved Beech. (From a Specimen in our Collection.) Fagus s. var. purpurea. Purple-leaved Beech. B. Discovered in a German forest. An elegant vigorous tree,, growing 40 to 50 feet high. The foliage in spring is deep purple, and later in the season changes to crimson,. and again to a dull purplish green in the fall. $ to $ var. purpurea major. B. An erect, rapid grower; leaves large, shining and very dark purple. $ var. purpurea Riversii. Rivers' Smooth-leaved Purple Beech. B. This variety, which we procured of Mr. Rivers, differs from the ordinary Purple-leaved Beech by its compact symmetrical habit of growth, and crimson foliage early in the spring, changing to a dark purple in summer. Tlxe finest of all purple- leaved trees. (See cut.) $ to $ var. quercifolia. Oak-leaved Beech. B. Dwarf habit; distinct, fine foliage. $ Weeping Beech.
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