1912 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART I!1. 
1796 
Muswell Hill bear a considerable resemblance, both in form and size, to the 
figure of Q. Psetido-Stber given in the Nouv. Du Hamel, and of which jig. 
1801. is a reduced copy. The tree at Muswell Hill has ripened acorns, but . 
not lately, and the character of their cups is forgotten; otherwise we should 
at once be able to decide to which sectionit belongs. The trunk is covered 
with a corky bark, which has exactly the appearance of that of the 
true cork tree in the same garden; but the cork is only 2in. or 23 in, in 
depth, while in the true cork tree it is more than 3in. deep. Whether this 
is a variety or a species, it is, at all events, so decidedly distinct in the 
foliage, and, as the plate in our last Volume will show, forms such a very 
handsome evergreen tree, that it well merits a place in collections. When 
we saw the trees (May 5. 1837), both were in full foliage; but we were 
informed that the variety lost its leaves generally before the other. Our 
