CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CEZ. QUE/RCUS. 1923 
denow by the late Mr. Conrad Loddiges, 
under the name of Q. Tiérneri. It appears 
to be ahybrid between Q. pedunculata and 
Q. Ilex; and, indeed, the leaves of some va- 
rieties of I‘lex, such as fig. 1807., which is 
from a plant in Messrs. Loddiges’s collection, 
have exactly the same bluish green colour 
as those of Q. Tarneri, and are nearly equal 
to those of that species in length, as is shown 
by jig. 1808., which is from the tree at Messrs. 
Loddiges ; both figures being of the natural 
size. The leaves vary considerably in size 
(see fig. 1809., to our usual scale), but not 
much in form, or in the character of their 
margins. Mr. Rivers, jun., of Sawbridgeworth, 
whose father recollects the tree being originated by Mr. Turner, and who 
has propagated it extensively, says, “It takes readily by grafting on the 
common oak, from which, in summer, it can scarcely be distinguished, as 
its branches and leaves are so similar ; but, in winter, its thick, glossy, and 
strictly evergreen foliage has a fine effect.” On the whole, it is an exceed- 
ingly distinct and yery handsome species, by no means liable to vary in the 
form of its foliage, like what may be called the natural species of European 
and American oaks, It is rather more tender than Q. Cérris Lucombedna, 
but, nevertheless, it retains its foliage nearly as long as that species; and, as 
it appears from a tree of each, of the same age and size, and planted at the 
same time, perhaps thirty years ago, in the Hammersmith Nursery, it grows 
with nearly equal rapidity. At the same time, it is right to state that Mr. 
Rivers, jun., considers it rather slow-growing; a tree in the Sawbridge- 
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