ARBORETUM NOTES. 109 
CUPU LIFE REA. 
whereas that of the leaves does not afford a certain 2uereus 
and permanent distinction between (Quercus rubra 
and coccinea. 
We have some others and larger Oak trees here 
which may belong either to a variety of coccinea or 
to rubra for the leaves are larger than on those 
hitherto mentioned, much less deeply lobed, 
and turn yellow-brown, not red, in autumn. 
QUERCUS RUBRA. 
Loudon. 
Alphonso De Candolle. Prod. v. 16. 
One tree, on the lawn, standing in company Que 
with a Taxodium distichum and a Robinia viscosa, 
may be said pretty confidently to belong to this 
species; for it produces plenty of acorns, and 
although these always fall before they are half 
ripe, the cups (or cupules) show quite distinctly 
their characteristic forms; they are very shallow 
and almost flat underneath, nearly saucer-shape, 
quite distinguishable from those of coccinea, at the 
same age. This tree is stilla small one. It was 
planted by my father. 
QUERCUS, TEEX. 
Loudon, v. 3. 1899. 
O = 
There are no old I/exes at Barton, but many 7," 
