...shining , and bordered in the spring with a soft hairy down. The sexes are borne by different branches of the same tree. The barren flowers are collected in...others are small and of a greenish hue. The fruit is an erect capsule covered with loose , flexible spines , which divides itself at maturity into four...

...shining and bordered in the spring with a soft, hairy down. The sexes are borne by different branches of the same tree. The barren flowers are collected in...heads and the others are small and of a greenish hue. They put forth in May. The fruit is an erect capsule covered with loose, flexible spines, which divides...

...shining and bordered in the spring with a soft, hairy down. The sexes are borne by different branches of the same tree. The barren flowers are collected in...heads and the others are small and of a greenish hue. They put forth in May. The fruit is an erect capsule covered with loose, flexible spines, which divides...

...magnificent.* The * Miehaui. leaves are oval, acuminate, smooth, -Lining, anil bordered in the spring with a soft hairy down. The sexes are borne by different...collected in pendulous, globular heads; and the others arc small, and of a greenish hue. The perfect wood of this species bears a small proportion to the...

...magnificent.* The * Michar.x. leaves nre oval, acuminate, smooth, shilling, and bordered in the spring with a soft hairy down. The sexes are borne by different...and the others are small, and of a greenish hue. The perfect wood of this species bears a small proportion to the sap, and frequently occupies only three...

...; but its foliage is superb, and its general appearance magnificent. The leaves are oval, pointed, smooth, shining, and bordered, in the spring, with...seeds. The bark upon the trunk of the beeches is thick, gray, and, on the oldest stocks, smooth and entire. The perfect wood of this species bears a small...