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F lowers and acorns have been produced in th e Mile E n d Niirsery.
Th e leaves vary considerably in size, b u t n o t much m form, o r m th e chara
c te r o f the ir marvins. Readily propagated by grafting on th e common O i * .
f e t e t c t r i n t e i t o c r , it can s£ rc e \y% e f t e n t a t r i c i !
branches andleaves are so similar ; b u t, in winter, its thick, glossy, ® " " * 7
evergreen foliage has a fine eflect. On th e whole, it is an “ t e ? k s f o C e
and very handsome tre e, by no means liable to vary in th e fo m o t n®
like w h ? may be called th e n atu ral species of E u ro p e an and American oaks.
I t is ra th e r more ten d er th an Q. Cérris Lucombeana, bu t, nevertheless, it
its foliage nearly as long as th a t species.
S Í 36. Q. h y ' b r i d a n a ' n a . T h e dwarf hybrid Oak.
S ,m e , « m e s Q h í b r i d a L o d d . C a t. 1836 i S . “ a h v b r id b e tw c s n a p e d u n c u l à t a a n d Q . / ' l e x , in
th e i l o r t l c u l t i i r n l S o c ie ty 's G a r d e n ; ” (1. h ù n u l i s H o r t . ; Ü . n à n a H o r t .
E n g r a v in g s . O u r * s . 1627. a n d 1628. - u 1 f
S ve c Char., 4 c . Leaves ovate o r oblong, obtusely d en tate, smooth, and of
th e same colour on b oth sides. F o o tstalk s short A sub-evergi een bush.
F o u n d , ab o u t 1825, in a bed o f seedling oaks in th e ? h h I
th e original plant, in May, 1837, was between 8 ft and 9 ft. high, with a
tru n k l i n . in circumference a t 1 ft. from th e ground. F low ers f.
Tn summer, th e leaves, a t a distance, b ea r a considerable resemblance to
tinued growing exhibit leaves
on th e ir extremities so exactly
like th o se o f Q. T ú rn e n , that
it is altogether impossible to
make any distinction between them. Pro p ag ated by grafting on th e common
oak. Fig. 1629. exhibits leaves (a, b) taken from th e extremities o f the
shoots, in different parts o f th e same plant.
15. N a tiv e so f North America.
§ ix. Viréntes. L i v e Oaks.
Sect. Char. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; d en tate, and variously cu t when young;
but, on full-grown tre es, quite entire. B a rk smooth, black. Fructification
biennial. Cup imbricate. N u t long. Low tre es o r shrubs ; rath er tender
in Britain, and n o t attaining a timber-like size n o rth o f London.
t 37. Q. v i ' r e n s Ait. The green, or Live , Oak.
I d e n ti fic a tio n . A it. H o r t . K e w . , e d . 1., 3 . p . 356. ; P u r s h S e p t . , p . 6 2 6 . ; M ic h x . Q u e r . , N o . 6.
es. Q. P h é l l o s / 3 L m . S p . P / . 1412. ; Q . s e m p e r v ì r e n s ; Q . h e m i s p h æ 'r i c a
E n g r a f i n ^ . M ic h x . Q u e r . , t. 10, 1 1 . ; N . A m e r . S y l ., 1. t. 1 2 . ; t h e p l a t e o f t h i s t r e e in A rb . B r it.,
1 s t e d i t . , v o l . v i i i . ; a n d o u t J ig s . 1630, 1631, 1632,
Spec. Char., 4 c. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, rev o lu te, entire, pointless
; obtuse a t th e b a s e ; clothed with starry down beneath. F ru it stalked.
N u t oblong. (W illd .) An evergreen tre e. N o rth America, in th e maritime
parts o f th e S outhern States. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. In tro d u c ed hi 1739.
Flowers and fruit rarely produced in England.
The leaves are oval, coriaceous, o f a dark green above, and whitish beneath :
thev persist during several years, b u t are partially renewed every spring._ On
old trees "rowing wild in th e forests, they are always entire, as shown ln > g .
1631.; but, on seedlings o f 2 o r 3 years old, they a re very distinctly toothed,
as in fig . 1632. On tre es growing in cool soils, o r reared in plantations, they
are one half larger than those on th e trees usually found in a wild s tate, and
a’-e often denticulated even on old trees. T h e acorns are o f an elongated oval
form, nearly black, and are contained in greyish pedunculated cups. In British
gardens, this tre e is seldom found higher than a large shrub, it requiring
rather a warmer climate to attain a timber-like size.
? i 38. Q. ikfvRTiFO'LiA WUld. No. 4., N . D a H am .1. p. 151.
Leaves coriaceous, oblong, entire, smooth, acute a t each end. Carolina. See
Jig. 2103. in p. 1110. It i.s described in ouv first edition, p. 1920.
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