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what is probably the largest oak in Ireland ; since it measures 28 ft. in circumference at 6 ft. from the 

 ground. It is iiiiich decayed, and has lost much of its heiglit and many branches. At Shane's 

 Castle, the seat of liirl O'Neill, (i. |>eduncul&ta is 65 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in girt at 4 ft. from 

 the ground, and a head 84 ft in diameter; and (i. sessiliriura is 6y ft. high, 16 ft. Gin. in girt, and 

 the head !«) ft. in diameter, lioth are young trees in a healthy growing state; and Q. sessiliflora, 

 in particular, in the years 1W5 and lK3<i, made a general growth throughout its branches of from 

 9 in. to 1ft. Sin. In the county of Down, at Hillsborough Castle, it is 70ft. high, with a trunk 

 nearly !K ft. in circumference, and clear of branches to the height of 25 ft ; at Moira, it is 60 ft. high, 

 with a trunk about 16 ft. in circumference, and a head 68 ft. in diameter. In Fermanagh, at 

 Florence Court, it is 70 ft. high ; girt of the tixnik 15 ft. and diameter of the head 80 ft. : at 

 Castle ('oote, a young oak is 75 It. high, with a trunk I'i ft. 8 in. in girt, it is a thriving tree ; 

 another, much shattered by lightning, is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 10 ft. fi in. in circumference. In 

 Louth, at Dundalk, is an oak 60 ft. high ; circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 15 ft ; 

 at 19ft., loft. ; diameter of the head 84 ft. In the county of Sligo the oaks are small, but remark- 

 able for the closeness and fineness of the grain of their timber. One at Mackree Castle is SO ft. high, 

 with a trunk about 7 ft. in circumference, and a head 75 ft. in diameter. In Wistmeath, at Paken- 

 liam Hall, the seat of the Earl of Longford, Q. pedunculitta is 80 ft. high, with a trunk perfectly 

 clear from knots or branches for ,jl ft. ; girting I'J ft. at I ft. from the ground, and 6 ft. at 31 ft., 

 just below the swelling of the branches. The trunk is perfectly straight, and the tree, which is in 

 a healthy and growing state, is about IKi years old. 



The British Unk in Foreign Countries. In France, at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years 

 planted, it is lio ft. high; the girt of the trunk 12 ft. In Brittany, at Barres, on the estate of M. 

 V'ilmorin, 9 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at Avranches, r^. sessilif61ia, 

 40 years pUinte<i, is o9ft. high ; the circumference of the trunk 8ft.. and the diameter of the 

 head 28 ft. In Saxony, at Wtirlitz, <i. sessilil i ha, ooO years old, is 70 ft. high, with a trunk S] ft in 

 circumference. In the Grand-Duchy of Kjissau, 

 near Weisbaden, is a very remarkable weep 

 ing oak, of which we have been furnished with 

 a sketch (from which our Jig. 1695. is reduced), 

 by the Honourable Mrs. \Vrightson, of \N arns- 

 worth Hall, near Doncaster, daughter of Lord 

 Walsingham : — " It is a large handsome tree, 

 the great peculiarity of which is, that all the lower 

 branches are very long, slender, and pciiduU Us 

 more like those of a weeping birch than of oaks in 

 general. It is a solitary tree, w ith no other oaks '•<''"« 

 near it ; and it stands on grass by the side ot tlic 

 road. There is a legend attached to the tree that 

 two lovers, while taking shelter under it, were 

 struck by lightning, ami iJKit the tree has wtpt 

 ever since." In Bavaria, at Munich, in the English 

 Garden, 20(J years old, it is 40 ft. high, ciicum 

 fercnce of the trunk 7 ft. 6 in., and diameter of the 

 head 40 ft.; in 'the Botanic Garden, aiiotht r {Q 

 pedunculJlta), 84 years old, is 20 ft. high and 

 the girt of the trunk 24 in. ; and O. sessilifl6ra, 

 also 84 years old, is 18 ft. high, and the circumference ot the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. In .•Vustria, near 

 Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 180 years old, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in circumference, 

 and a head 80ft. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Pfauen Insel, KXl years old, it is 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 12 ft. in circumference, and a head 36 ft. in diameter. In Sweden, at Lund, in 

 the Botanic Garden, it is 56 ft. high ; jthe circumference of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of 

 the head 36ft. In Russia, in the Government Garden at Odessa, 12 years planted, Q. sessilifl.'.ra is 

 16 ft high, and the girt of the trunk 15 in. ; and Q. pedunculita is 17 ft. high, girt of the trunk 

 12 in. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Muiiza, 50 years old, Q. sessiliH6ra is 65 ft. high, the circumference 

 of the trunk 7 ft., and the diainoler of the head 44 ft. ; and Q. peduncultlta is 60 ft. high, girt of the 

 trunk 7 ft., and diameter of the head 40 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Acorns, in London, are from 2*. 6(/. to 3s. 6d. per 

 bushel. Plants (two-years-old seedlings), lOi-. per thousand; transplanted, 

 and from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, -iOs. per thousand. At Bollwyller, acorns of the 

 species are from 2 to 3 francs per bushel ; and plants of the varieties are from 

 1 franc to 3 francs each. At New York plants are 50 cents each. 



S 3. Q. PYRENA^iCA JVit/d. The P^rcnean Oak. 



IiUntification. Willd., No. 67. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 179. ; Uees's Cycl., No. 75. 



Synonymcs. Q. Tauzin Pers. Syn , 2. p. 571. ; Q. nigra T/iore Chlor. Lund., 381. ; <l T'usa Hose 



Journ. Hist. Nat., 2. p. lo5. ; Q. stolonifera Lapeyr. PI. Pyr., 582. ; Chene noir Sccondat. 

 En^avings. Secondat Mem. du Chene, t. 2. and t 5. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. M. ; Bosc Journ. Hist. 



Nat, 2. t 32. t. 3. ; and out Jig. 1696. 



Spec. Char., l^-c. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid, stalked ; downy beneath ; some- 

 what heart-shaped and unequal at the base ; lobes obtuse, slightly toothed. 

 Fruit stalked. (JF/V/t/.) A low tree, a native of the Pyrenees. Introduced 

 '" '.'^.'^^' '^'."^ species forms a smaller tree than Q. pedunculata or Q. 

 sessiliHoia; from both of wiiich it is distinguished by its roots, which run 

 chieHy near the surface, and tlu'ow u[) suckers. The trunk seldom ;;itains 

 a greater circumference than from G ft. to 9 ft. The bark is dark-coloured 

 and chapped. The leaves are petiolated ; and the acorns are borne on 

 siiort peduncles, generally two together. The tree is readily known, from 

 its infancy upwards, from every other oak, in spring, by the dense covering 



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