CHAP. CV. 



CORYI.ACE^.. QUE'RCUS. 



1853 



1713 



Quciciis Ct'rris LitcovibAna, in full foliage, in the Exctct Nurseri/. 



and the tree, in Devonshire, Cornwall, and Somersetshire, where 

 great numbers of it have been planted, attains the height of from GO ft. 

 to 80 ft., or upwards, in from 30 to 40 years. Hayes, in 1794, found, 

 by an accurate measurement of a Lucombe oak, made in the 27th 

 year of its growth from the graft, its height to be 60 ft. : its trunk, at 

 4 ft. from the ground, was 4 ft. 67^ in. in circumference; and, at the 

 place of grafting, 6 ft. in circumference. The " fairness " of the 

 growth of this tree, he says, and the verdure and long continuance 

 of its leaves, are sufficient motives to induce every planter to wish 

 for some plants of it on his demesne : " but the goodness of the 

 timber yet remains to be proved." {Prac. Treat., p. 172., note.) 

 From a specimen of the wood sent to us by Mr. Pince, which we have 

 compared with the wood of the British oak, and also of the Fulham 

 oak, it appears decidedly closer-grained and heavier than that of either. 

 On writing to Messrs. Lucombe and Pince of the Exeter Nursery 

 for the history of the old Lucombe oak, we received the following an- 

 swer. We may premise that the present Mr. Lucombe is in his 85th 

 year, and that he perfectly recollects his father raising the Lucombe 



