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" Q. Corrinrn. Scarlet Oak. — A highly oniamental specie?, with large 

 deciduous obloug-oval sinuately lobed petiolate glabrescent leaves about a too t 

 long. Acorn small, ovoid or globular, half immersed in a scaly involucre. 

 This is a handsome, fast-growing large tree of pyramidal outline, and 

 especially conspicuous in autumn, when the foliage changes to a bright scarlet. 

 It is a native of North America, and less valuable as a timber tree than many 

 other species. 



" Q. oii«, White Oak; Q. yiutcrocnr£ni., Hwv Oak; i^. ruhni, Red Oak; and 

 Q. finduria, Yellow-barked Oak, are other North Amei'icau ornameucal and 

 useful s))ecies, but they are almost unknown in this country, f^. JUijilops, the 

 Yalonia Oak, furnishes the very large acorns imported from the South of 

 Europe into this country for tanning purposes. It is rarely seen, except in a 

 very small state, in this country. 



"Q. Ilex. Evergreen Oak.- -The only species of the evergreen section com- 

 monly seen. It is variable in foliage, from narrow-lanceolate to oblong or 

 nearly rotundate, and more or less piickly toothed or ((uite entire. The acorns 

 are small, and half immersed in a closely imbricated cup. Native of the 

 South of Europe. 



" Q. Suhcr, the Cork Oak, is very near the last in general aspect, and is 

 equally variable in foliage, but the leaves have longer petioles, and the bark, 

 instead of being smoth, is deeply furrowed and corky* Q. occldcntalis is often 

 confused with the true Cork Oak, but the latter ripens its acorns in one season, 

 whereas the former requires two to bring them to maturity." 



The other geuera tire described iu similar style. I'arfc Second treats 

 of the cultivatioii of plants under the different headings of vegetable 

 physiology and economy considered iu their relations to cnltivation ; 

 climate, its influence on vegetation ; soils, their natnre and composition ; 

 and directions for the propagation and cnltivation of the various tribes of 

 plants : "n'ith the classification of plants according to their duration, habit, 

 &c. ; such a&Arho?-csce/if plants, including evergreen trees, deciduous trees 

 with ornamental foliage, conspicuous flowers, vat'iegated or coloured foliage, 

 bright-coloured Ixirk, cut or dissected foliage, and pendulous Ijranches ; 

 Fni.ctrscctit, including evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and climbing, 

 trailing, or twining shrubby plants ; and the whole tribe of Hcrhaccotis 

 plants are classed in the same useful manner, so that any plant or class of 

 plants rerjuired for a particular object can be easily found by a reference to 

 the lists. 



The first part of the work is profusely illustrated with beautifully-exe- 

 cuted w'oodcuts of the leading plants mentioned in the text, and the book 

 finishes with a very full and complete index of the English and Latin 

 names, with the more important synonyms of the plants described or 

 referred to in Part First. On the whole it is an excellent compilation of 

 its kind, and wonderfully complete for a first essay in a much-required 

 direction. To our readers who wish for a book of ready reference upon all 

 the hardy, useful, and ornamental plants, we can cordially recommend this 

 work, in which they will find both instructive and interesting reading. 



