CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CEH. QUE’RCUS. 1745 
Q. sessiliflora at Studley Park. 
Height 95 ft. ; girt of the trunk 16 ft. 1in.; diameter of the head 82 ft. Qin. 
have been planted in masses within the present century, and never in the 
slightest degree pruned, and which have yet straight stems, upwards of 60 ft. 
high. The largest tree of Q. sessiliflora now standing in England, that we 
have had any account of, is that in Studley Park, Yorkshire, of which fig. 1585. 
is a portrait, to the scale of lin. to 30ft., and which is 118 ft. high. The 
highest existing tree of Q. pedunculata, that we have heard of, is one at 
Tibberton Park, in Herefordshire, of which jig. 1587. is a portrait, to the 
scale of 1 in. to 50 ft., and which is 108 ft. high. We have accounts of several 
other oaks, upwards of 100 ft. high; but we know not to which species they 
belong. It is not known that there is any difference in the longevity of the 
two kinds; there being examples of both which must be upwards of 200 or 
300 years old. There are several oaks in England which are from 500 to 
1000 years old, or upwards; but, in most cases, we have not been able to 
ascertain to which species they belong. 
Geography. The British oak is a native of most parts of Europe, from 
Sweden to the Mediterranean ; of the north of Africa; and of the west of 
Asia: and Q. pedunculata appears to be the more prevalent species ; especially 
in the middle and northern regions. In Britain, the Q. pedunculata is by far 
the more common: but Q. sessiliflora is found in various places throughout 
_ the island; for example, in addition to those already mentioned (p. 1736.), 
near Cuckfield, at Cowfold, and in different parts of St. Leonard’s Forest, 
at Coalhurst near Horsham, and at Goodwood, in Sussex. Mr. Borrer, 
who has given us these localities, adds: “ There is abundance of it about. 
Tunbridge ; and I particularly recollect it near Dalgelly ; and in profusion, 
and varying much in its foliage, in some parts of Devonshire, and espe- 
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