cupuLiFER^. SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



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published in 1704.^ According to Aiton/ it was cultivated by Philip Miller in the Physic Garden 

 at Chelsea, near London, in 1739. 



The Black Jack is one of the most distinct Oaks of North America. Its presence indicates sterile 

 soil, but it is often handsome in habit, and its large lustrous and peculiarly shaped lea\'es are always 

 beautiful. 



^ Quercus (forte) Marilandica folio trijido, ad Sassafras accedente, " Hort. Kew. iii. 357. — Loudon, Arb. Brit. iii. 1890, f. 1764, 



iii. Dendr. 7. — Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car. i. 19, t. 19. — Charlevoix, 1765. 

 Histoire de la Nouvelle France, ed. 12™, iv. 334, f . 44, — Romans, 

 Nat. Hist. Florida, 18. 



