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coryla'cea:. (^ue'ucus 



1711 



1851 



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plants have been raised. These plants, though they have the leaves 

 more frequently broad and dentate, than narrow and sinuate, or 

 pinnatifid, yet vary so exceedingly, that they could hardly be sold 

 as the genuine Fulham oak. Hence, that variety can only be pro- 

 pagated by grafting ; and the stock ordinarily used is the common 

 oak, on which the Fulham oak takes as freely as the apple does on 

 the crab. Messrs. Osborne have lately selected a seedling with 

 leaves broader and less dentate than usual ; and this they are now 

 propagating under the name of Q. C. fulhamensis latifolia. We 

 prefer the designation of Q. C. fulhamensis to Watson's name of 

 Q. C. dentata; because the latter will apply equally to several 

 varieties, and is as characteristic of the Lucombe oak as of the Ful- 

 ham oak. 

 t Q. C. 9 Lucombekmi ; Q. Lucombeawa Swt. ; Q. exoniensis LoJd. Cat., 

 ed. 1836. The Lucombe Oak, the evergreen Turkey Oak, the Devon- 

 shire Oak, the Exeter Oak. {fig. 171-i., and j%5. 1712, 1713.) — 



