Quercus 
lex 
Quercu 
suber 
114 ARBORETUM NOTES. 
CUPULIPDERA, 
smaller than those of the Quercus ilex, rather 
rounder and of a greyish colour; but these are 
characters not to be relied on. 
QUERCUS SUBER. 
Loudon, v. 3, 1911. 
Our climate here does not suit the Cork tree. 
My father planted one when he first formed 
the arboretum, and the stump of it still remains; 
but the tree has repeatedly been killed down 
nearly to the ground in hard winters; in fact, 
every winter of more than average severity has 
cut it down; so that it is now reduced to a mere 
scrubby bush. At times, however, when there 
has been a succession of favourable seasons, 
it has grown up into something of a tree-like stem. 
But it is evident that the tree will not thrive 
bere. 
The old Cork tree in the grounds of Fulham 
Palace, mentioned by Loudon, is still in existence. 
I saw it this summer, June, 1868; it is-a wreck, 
severely shattered by a snow storm, two or three 
years ago, as well as by previous tempests, but its 
size and appearance are still striking. According 
to D. Cunningham, in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
January 15th, 1870, the girth of its stem at the 
height of three feet, is nine feet ten inches, and its 
height fifty feet. But this last measurement, 
