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what is probably the largest oak in Ireland ; since it measures 28 ft. in circumference at 6 ft. from the 
ground. It is much decayed, and has lost much of its height and many branches. At Shane’s 
Castle, the seat of Earl O’Neill, Q. pedunculata is 65 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in girt at 4 ft. from 
the ground, and a head 84ft. in diameter; and Q. sessiliflora is 68 ft. high, 16 ft. 6in. in girt, and 
the head 90 ft. in diameter. Both are young trees in a healthy growing state; and Q. sessilifidra, 
in particular, in the years 1835 and 1836, made a general growth throughout its branches of from 
Qin. to 1ft.8in. In the county of Down, at Hillsborough Castle, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 
nearly 22 ft. in circumference, and clear of branches to the height of 25ft.; at Moira, it is 60 ft. high, 
with a trunk about 16 ft. in circumference, and a head 68 ft. in diameter. In Fermanagh, at 
Florence Court, it is 70 ft. high; girt of the trunk 15 ft. and diameter of the head 80 ft.: at 
Castle Coote, a young oak is 75 ft. high, with a trunk 12 ft. 8 in. in girt, it is a thriving tree ; 
another, much shattered by lightning, is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 10ft. 6 in. in circumference. In 
Louth, at Dundalk, is an oak 60 ft. high ; circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 15 ft. 5 
at 19ft., 10 ft. ; diameter of the head 84 ft. In the county of Sligo the oaks are small, but remark- 
able for the closeness and fineness of the grain of their timber. One at Mackree Castle is 30 ft. high, 
with a trunk about 7 ft. in circumference, and a head 75ft. in diameter. In Westmeath, at Paken- 
ham Hall, the seat of the Earl of Longford, Q pedunculata is 80ft. high, with a trunk perfectly 
clear from knots or branches for 31 ft.; girting 12 ft. at 1ft. from the ground, and 6 ft, at 31ft., 
just below the swelling of the branches. The trunk is perfectly straight, and the tree, which is in 
a healthy and growing state, is about 96 years old. 
The British Oak in Foreign Countries. In France, at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years 
planted, it is 60 ft. high; the girt of the trunk 12ft. In Brittany, at Barres, on the estate of M. 
Vilmorin, 9 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at Avranches, Q. sessilifdlia, 
40 years planted, is 39ft. high; the circumference of the trunk 8ft., and the diameter of the 
head 28 ft. In Saxony, at Worlitz, Q. sessilifdlia, 330 years old, is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 7 ft. in 
circumference. In the Grand-Duchy of Nassau, ne 
near Weisbaden, is a very remarkable weep- 
ing oak, of which we have been furnished with 
a sketch (from which our fig. 1695. is reduced), 
by the Honourable Mrs. Wrightson, of Warns- 
worth Hall, near Doncaster, daughter of Lord 
Walsingham :—‘‘ It is a large handsome tree, 
the great peculiarity of which is, thatallthe lower ../% 
branches are very long, slender, and pendulous, :// 
more like those of a weeping birch than of oaks in 
general. It is a solitary tree, with no other oaks ‘ss 
near it; and it stands on grass by the side of the 
road. ‘There is a legend attached tothe tree, that 
two lovers, while taking shelter under it, were 
struck by lightning, and that the tree has wept ,; 
ever since.”? In Bavaria, at Munich, in the English 
Garden, 200 years old, it is 40 ft. high, circum- 
ference of the trunk 7 ft. 6in., znd diameter of the 
head 40 ft.; in ‘the Botanic Garden, another (Q. 
pedunculata), 84 years old, is 20ft. high, and Se 
the girt of the trunk 24in.; and @. sessilifldra, SS 
also 84 years old, is 18 ft. high, and the circumference ot the trunk 1ft. 6in. In Austria, near 
Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 180 years old, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in circumference, 
and a head 80ft. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Pfauen Insel, 100 years old, it is 80 ft. 
high, with a trunk 12 ft. in circumference, and a head 36 ft. in diameter. In Sweden, at Lund, in 
the Botanic Garden, it is 56 ft. high; ;the circumference of the trunk 4ft. 6in., and the diameter of 
the head 36ft. In Russia, in the Government Garden at Odessa, 12 years planted, Q. sessilifidra is 
16 ft. high, and the girt of the trunk 15in.; and Q. pedunculata is 17 ft. high, girt of the trunk 
12in. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 50 years old, Q. sessilifldra is 65 ft. high, the circumference 
of the trunk 7 ft., and the diameter of the head 44 ft. ; and Q. pedunculata is 60 ft. high, girt of the 
trunk 7 ft., and diameter of the head 40 ft. 
Commercial Statistics. Acorns, in London, are from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per 
bushel. Plants (two-years-old seedlings), 10s. per thousand; transplanted, 
and from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 40s. per thousand. At Bollwyller, acorns of the 
species are from 2 to 3 francs per bushel; and plants of the varieties are from 
1 franc to 3 francs each. At New York plants are 50 cents each. 
¥ 3. Q. pyrENA‘ICA Willd. The Pyrenean Oak. 
Identification. Wiilld., No. 67. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 179.; Rees’s Cycl., No. 75. 
Synonymes. Q. Tavixin Pers. Syn., 2. p. 571.; @. nigra Thore Chlor. Lund., 381.; Q. Tésa Bosc 
Journ. Hist. Nat., 2. p. 155.; @Q. stolonifera Lapeyr. Pl. Pyr., 582. ; Chene noir Secondat. 
Engravings. Secondat Mém. du Chene, t.2. andt.5.; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 56.; Bose Journ. Hist. 
at., 2. t. 32. f. 3.; and our jig. 1696. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid, stalked; downy beneath; some- 
what heart-shaped and unequal at the base; lobes obtuse, slightly toothed. 
Fruit stalked. (Willd.) A low tree, a native of the Pyrenees. Introduced 
in 1822. This species forms a smaller tree than Q. pedunculata or Q. 
sessiliflora; from both of which it is distinguished by its roots, which run 
chiefly near the surface, and throw up suckers. The trunk seldom attains 
a greater circumference than from 6 ft.to 9 ft. | The bark is dark-coloured 
and chapped. The leaves are petiolated ; and the acorns are borne on 
short peduncles, generally two together. The tree is readily known, from 
its infancy upwards, from every other oak, in spring, by the dense covering 
