Hornbeam

Hornbeam (Carpinus) - C. betulus is a native tree, especially of the south, sometimes attaining a height of 70 feet, frequent in some woodlands, and in Epping Forest. There are several varieties of this tree, such as the fernleaved, cut-leaved, and purple kinds, and also the never-failing variegated kind. The common kind is often used as a fence plant, and also in many Continental gardens to form green walls and hedges. It is one of the best of all woods to burn, and if we ever go back to the best of all ways of firing for a dwelling-house in the country—a wood fire, it should not be forgotten. It is easily lighted, burns cheerfully and equably, and gives a good heat. Other species are C. caroliniana, cordata, japonica, orientalis, and Turczaninovii. Three species of Hornbeam are natives of Japan, viz., C. japonica, C. cordata, and C. laxiflora, the last belonging to the true Hornbeams typfied in our native species C. betulus; the other two to the group which some botanists have made a separate genus. They differ from the "true" Hornbeams in the trunks having a scaling bark, as distinct from the smooth trunks seen in our native species; also in the bracts of the fruit clusters being enfolded at the base and almost entirely covering the nut. In C. betulus and its allies of the "true" Hornbeam section, the nut is exposed.

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