Quercus 
coccinea 
10s ARBORETUM NOTES. 
CUPULIFER Pte. 
change in a few individual leaves. As the change 
goes on, the leaves become finely variegated, the 
bright red colour showing itself first in stripes along - 
the principal veins. But the whole foliage of the 
tree does not become thoroughly red at any one 
time, for while some of the leaves still remain 
green, others have turned from red to brown, 
and this last colour predominates before the 
leaves have mostly fallen. The colouring of this 
tree varies considerably in different years, but is 
always finer than that of any other Oak we have. 
The male catkins of this tree, in the spring are 
of a beautiful delicate red colour; on the other 
trees which I suppose to be of this species, they 
are yellowish. 
There are two or three trees in the new part of 
the arboretum (‘‘ Sorcerer’s”’ paddock) and others 
on the edge of the Vicarage grove, which agree in 
the main with this, both in the form and colour- 
ing of the leaves; for in favourable seasons they 
assume a very good red. Abundance of acorns 
are formed, but always fall off in a very immature 
state, before they are half grown. 
Still, even in this early stage, the form of the 
acorn cup (cupule) agrees with what is figured and 
described in (Quercus coccinea, and may _ probably 
be accepted as characteristic of the species. 
According to Alphonso De Candolle (in Prod. v. 
16.) the form of the cupule is very constant, 
