. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FAGUS FELICIA 571 shade of purple, and also some with rosy pink varia- gated Ivs. Var. purpurea pendula, Hurt., has purple Ivs. and pendulous branches, but is of slow growth. Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, has yellow foliage. Less Important varieties, but sometimes grown, are the following : Var. cristata, Lodd., with de
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FAGUS FELICIA 571 shade of purple, and also some with rosy pink varia- gated Ivs. Var. purpurea pendula, Hurt., has purple Ivs. and pendulous branches, but is of slow growth. Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, has yellow foliage. Less Important varieties, but sometimes grown, are the following : Var. cristata, Lodd., with deeply toothed, curled, small and chistered Ivs.: of slow growth. Var. inclsa, Hort. Simi- lar to var. heterophylla, Init Ivs. less deeply cut. Var. macropbylla, Hort. Lvs. large, to 5 in. long. Var. quercoides, Pers. (var. rjifrrcifolia, Hort.). With deeply toothed and sinuate, rather nar- row lvs. Var. tor- ^pY ta6sa, Hort, Dwarf form, with twisted and c 0 n t o'r t e d branches and small lvs. F. Japonica, Maxim. Lvs. small, elliptic, ere- nate: involucre small, slender-peduncled, halt' as long as the nuts. Ja- pan.âi'''. Sieboldi, Endl. Lvs. ovate, shortly acu- ninate, crenato, with 9-14 pairs of vein:^: lower prickles of tho involucre changing into slender linear or ohf>- vate-oblong lobes. W. Asia to Japan. Alfred Rehdek. Both in Europe and the eastern U. S. the Beecli forms extensive forests. It is to-day the common hard- wood tree of Central Europe, particularly in Denmark and Germany, raised as pure growth or mixture. It re- quires a loamy, preferably calcareous soil, shuns poor sand and swamp, ascends to 3,500 ft. in the Alps; pre- fers north and east exposures, endures much shade, protects and improves the soil, and produces large amounts of wood per acre. The wood is heavy (sp. gr. ) hard, straight grained, of close texture, not durable. Beech is not used as building lumber, but is extensively used for ordinary wooden ware, furniture, wheelwright and coope
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