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QUISQUALIS. 343 RAKE. 
Que’rcus.—Amenticee, or Cupu- 
| lifere—-The Oak. The species are 
chiefly forest trees, but Q. Ilex, the 
Indies, with singular flowers ; and 
large and handsome leaves. The 
flowers are shaped something like 
evergreen Oak, and some of its 
varieties, may be treated as shrubs, 
and are very ornamental on lawns, 
and in pleasure-grounds. Some of 
those of the Jasmine, but with an 
excessively long tube, and a very 
small limb, which when it first ex- 
pands is white, but which afterwards 
the kinds of the Turkey Oak, Q.| becomes pink, getting darker and 
Cérris, are also very ornamental, 
particularly Q. C. Lucumbedna, 
which grows rapidly and forms a 
very handsome pyramidal tree. It 
ought, however, to be purchased in 
pots, as it produces but few lateral 
roots, and seldom grows well, if it is 
transplanted from the open ground. | 
The American Oaks are very hand- 
some, particularly for the colours 
their leaves take in winter. Q. coc- 
cinea, and Q. rubra, have deeply cut 
leaves, which become of a beautiful 
red in autumn ; as do the leaves of 
Q. palustris, which are more ele- 
gantly shaped than those of any of 
the other kinds. Some of the dwarf 
American bear Oaks, such as Q. 
Banisteri, and Q. ilicifolia, do not 
grow above two or three feet high ; 
and they are called Bear Oaks, be- 
cause in their native countries the 
bears can eat their acorns, without 
climbing. 
Quince.—See Cypo'‘NIA. 
Quincunx.—A mode of planting 
trees in rows, by which the plants 
in one row are opposite the spaces in 
the next; so as to form a succession 
of diamonds.—See fig. 46. 
See, 
oi ff 
Fig. 46.—Trees in Quincunx. 
darker, till it finally becomes of a 
blood-red. The plant should be 
grown in loam and peat, and it is 
propagated by cuttings struck in 
sand under a hand-glass. 
R. 
Raccep Rosin.—See Ly'cunis. 
Raewort.—See Orno’nna ; and 
SENECIO. 
Raxg, a well-known toothed im- 
plement for raking the surface of 
dry ground, or collecting together 
grass on lawns which have been 
mown, or weeds on surfaces which 
have been hoed. There is also what 
is called the Daisy rake, in which 
the teeth or tines are lance-shaped, 
sharp at the,edges, and so close to- 
gether that when drawn or raked 
over the surface of a lawn they 
collect or cut off the heads or flow- 
ers of such plants as the Daisy, 
Crowfoot, Plantain, &c. The heads 
of rakes, or that part which contains 
the teeth or tines, are of different 
lengths, from six inches to two feet ; 
and the teeth, which are placed at 
from one inch to two inches apart, 
are from two inches to four in length. 
In raking dug soil with a view to 
render the surface even and fine, 
and also to collect stones, roots, &e., 
the handle of the rake should be 
held close to the middle of the 
operator, so that the tines may pass 
through the ground at an angle less 
than 45°; but when weeds or short 
grass are to be raked up, or the 
heads of Daisies to be cut off, the 
. Quisaua‘Lis. —Combreticee.—A handle of the rake must be held 
‘stove climber, a native of the East | above the middle of the operator, so 
