. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 270 American Beech strongly reflexed, stigmatic on their inner faces; ovules 2 in each cell. In fruit the involucre is ovoid, to 2 cm. long, leathery, brown-hairy with soft spreadmg or recurved spines, borne on a stout, club-shaped stalk 10 to 20 nun. long. The nut is I to cm. long, 3-angled and narrowly 3-winged, iinely hairy, light brown and shining, ripening in late summer, the kernel sweet and edible. The in-
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 270 American Beech strongly reflexed, stigmatic on their inner faces; ovules 2 in each cell. In fruit the involucre is ovoid, to 2 cm. long, leathery, brown-hairy with soft spreadmg or recurved spines, borne on a stout, club-shaped stalk 10 to 20 nun. long. The nut is I to cm. long, 3-angled and narrowly 3-winged, iinely hairy, light brown and shining, ripening in late summer, the kernel sweet and edible. The in- volucres remain on the tree long after the nut has fallen Fig. 229. — American Beech, Woodlawn, New York. The wood is hard, strong, tough, very close-grained, dark or light red-brown; its specific gravity is about It is used in the manufacture of furniture, plane- stocks and other tools, and for fuel. It is a favorite for smoking meats and is much used in the manufacture of creosote and other chemical products of destructive distillation. The kernel is sweet and is largely gathered in Canada and sold in the northern cities; southward, however, the tree produces its fruit but sparingly. The genus contains about 5 species, confined to the northern Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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