CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CER. QUE’RCUS. 1905 
90 ft.—In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Newbattle Abbey, it is 45 ft. high i 
of the trunk 4 ft. 9 in., and the head 70 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, it is Witt. high, ee tits 
trunk 2 ft. 3in., and of the head 30 ft. 3 at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted, it is 11 ft, high, raised 
from acorns gathered by Lord Dalhousie, while he rode over the field of battle at Salamanca ; and 
sent home in 1812.—South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Fullerton, it is 40 ft, high, the diameter of 
the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 26 ft. ; another, 120 years old, is 40 ft. high, and the diameter of the 
trunk is 3ft. In the stewartry of Kircudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk | ft. 9in., and of the head 35 ft. ; at Bargally is one with a trunk 1) ft. 8 in. in circumference : 
at Cassincarrie, it is 40 ft. high, with a trunk 9ft. Gin. in circumference. — North of Edinburgh. In 
Aberdeenshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39 ft. 
In Banffshire, at Cullen House, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, 6 in., and of the head 
30 ft. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 10in. In Fifeshire, at Raith 
House, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 23 ft. In Ross-shire, at 
Brahan Castle, 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10in. In Stirlingshire, at Braham Castle 
26 ft. high, the girt of the trunk 2 ft.6 in., and the diameter of the head 20 ft.—In Ireland, in the environs 
of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the 
trunk 1 ft.; at Castletown, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6in., and of the head 54 ft. 
— South of Dublin, in the county of Cork, at Castle Freke, 26 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 33 ft. In Kilkenny, at Borris, it is 49 ft. high, the 
circumference of the trunk 11 ft., and the diameter of the head 54 ft. — North of Dublin. In the'county 
of Antrim, at Echlinville, 37 years planted, it is 39 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 8 ft., and 
the diameter of the head 43 ft.. In Down, at Moira, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. 
and that of the head 35ft. In Fermanagh, at Castle Coole, 33ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
1 ft., and of the head 21 ft,—In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 40 years planted, it is 24 ft. high 
the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 20 ft. 3 another, 130 years old, is 42ft. high, with a 
trunk 5 ft. in circumference ; at Scéaux, 30 years old, it is 30 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diame- 
ter, and the diameter of the head 20 ft. ; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 40 years planted, it 
is 39 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. Gin., and of the head 28ft.—In Austria, near Vienna 
at Kopenzel, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. 4 
Recorded Trees. At Wilton House, Q. Mex, in 1816, had a trunk 10 ft. in circumference ; and one 
at Chichester, planted by Colonel Brereton, in 1766, had a trunk 7 ft. high, and 7 ft. Gin. in circum- 
ference. wood Park Lodge, near Chichester, is covered by a screen of evergreen oaks, in the 
form of a square, 10 ft. thick, and 30 ft. high. (Mitch. Dend., p. 224.) In Scotland, at Bargally in 
Galloway, Q. I‘lex, measured in 1780, was 50 ft. high, with a clear trunk of 12 ft., which measured 
6ft. Sin. in circumference at 4 ft. from the ground; it had at that time many acorns on it. (Wadker.) 
In Ireland, at Mount Asher, there were some evergreen oaks, which, in 1794, had trunks from 6 ft. to 
8 ft. in circumference, At Kilruddery, the @. J‘lex grows as well as in Italy; and there are very 
large trees of it. (Id., p. 124. and 132.) 
Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 
high, in pots, are 75s. per hundred; or single plants from 6d. to 2s. each, 
according to their size; and acorns are 20s. per bushel. At Bollwyller, where 
it is tender, plants are 1 franc and 50 cents; and at New York, where they 
are | dollar each, they are noticed in Prince’s Catalogue as requiring protec- 
tion in winter. 
@ 30. Q. Barto‘Ta Desf. The sweet Acorn Oak. 
Identification. Desf, Atl., 2 P. 350. ; Hist. des Arb., 2. p. 506.; Willd. Sp. Pl, 4. p. 432.; N. Du 
in 
Ham., 7. p. 157. ; Smith ees’s Cycl., No, 31. 
Synonymes. ? ‘ex major Clus. Hist., 1. t. 23. ; Chéne 4 Glands doux, Chéne Ballote, Fr. 
Derivation. The term Balldta seems to be a modification of the Spanish word beWota, which means 
acorns generally. 
Engravings. Our figs. 1783, and 1784., the latter being a sprig, and the former a leaf of the natural 
+ ig both taken from a specimen of the original tree, planted by Desfontaines in the Jardin des 
Plantes, at Paris. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptical, coriaceous, denticulated, or entire ; downy 
beneath. Bark even. Nut cylindrical, elongated. (Desf: and Smith.) A 
tree, growing 20 ft. or 30 ft. high, with a trunk from 3 ft. to 6 ft. in cireum- 
ference. The branches are covered with a bark 
somewhat furrowed, of a brownish grey; and the 
general form of the head of the tree is oval, or 
roundish. The leaves are coriaceous, with short 
footstalks, generally rounded at the summit, rarely 
pointed ; smooth above, and cottony and white be- 
neath ; entire or denticulated in their margins. The 
female flowers are solitary, or in clusters, in the 
axils of the young shoots. The acorns are sessile, 
or on short peduncles ; the fruit is from 8 to 20 lines 
in length, and from 4 to 6 lines in breadth. The 
nuts are enclosed at the base in a hemispherical cup, covered with obtuse 
scales, which are cottony, numerous, and very closely imbricated. This 
oak was discovered by Desfontaines, in Barbary, and it is said to be closely 
allied to Q. ‘lex; from which, however, it differs in its leaves being more 
white and cottony beneath, and of a more coriaceous texture; and in its 
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