CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CER. QUE/RCUS. 1853 
1713 ye 
Quércus Cérris Lucombedna, in full foliage, in the Exeter Nursery. 
and the tree, in Devonshire, Cornwall, and Somersetshire, where 
great numbers of it have been planted, attains the height of from 60 ft. 
to 80ft., or upwards, in from 30 to 40 years. Hayes, in 1794, found, 
by an accurate measurement of a Lucombe oak, made in the 27th 
year of its growth from the graft, its height to be 60 ft. : its trunk, at 
4 ft. from the ground, was 4 ft. 64 in. in circumference; and, at the 
place of grafting, 6 ft. in circumference. The “ fairness ” of the 
growth of this tree, he says, and the verdure and long continuance 
of its leaves, are sufficient motives to induce every planter to wish 
for some plants of it on his demesne: “but the goodness of the 
timber yet remains to be proved.” (Prac. Treat., p. 172., note.) 
From a specimen of the wood sent to us by Mr. Pince, which we have 
compared with the wood of the British oak, and also of the Fulham 
oak, it appears decidedly closer-grained and heavier than that of either. 
On writing to Messrs. Lucombe and Pince of the Exeter Nursery 
for the history of the old Lucombe oak, we received the following an- 
swer. We may premise that the present Mr. Lucombeis in his 85th 
year, and that he perfectly recollects his father raising the Lucombe 
