CHAP. CV. CORYLA^CE/E. QUE'RCUS. 1855 



combe oak in the Exeter Nursery, as it appears in its deciduous 



state, from January to May ; showing faithfully the stately erect 



growth of the bole, and the graceful disposition of the branches. 



This tree has been only 35 years planted : its height is 50 ft. ; 



the circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, is 8 ft. 6 in., 



and the diameter of the head is 38 ft. Sketch No. 2. (our ^y^g. 1713.) 



represents the same tree in full foliage, as it appears from May to 



January.— ^o^>«-/ T. Pince. Exeter, April 4. 1837." 



Statistics. Q. C. Lucombeana. In the environs of London, in the Fulham Nursery, it is 

 60 ft. 6 in. high ; at Syon, it is 65 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 7 in., and of the head 

 37ft.; in the Mile End Nursery, it is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. 6 in. ingirt.— South of Lon- 

 don. In Cornwall, at Carclcw, near Penryn, it is 82 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 

 and of the head 40 ft. In Devonshire, at Killerton, 80 years planted, it is 73 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. Bin., and of the head 62 ft. ; at Bystock Park, 24 years planted, 

 it is 40 ft. high ; in the Exeter Nursery, 52 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 4;ift. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 25 years planted, 

 it is 55 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 25ft. In Somersetshire, 

 at Leigh Court, 50 years planted, and 80 ft. high ; 14 years planted, it is no less than 50 ft. 

 high, circumference of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and diameter of the head 20 ft.: at Nettle- 

 combe, 80 years planted, it is 59 tX. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the 

 head 46ft.: at Hestercombe, it is 56 ft. high, and the trunk 6 ft. 10 in. in circumference. 

 In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 40 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 54 ft. — North of London. In Berkshire, at White 

 Knights, 26 years planted, it is 27 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in circumference. In 

 Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 13 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Essex, at Audley End, 

 68 years planted, it is 40 feet high, thecircumferenceof the trunk 6 ft. 6 in., and diameter 

 of the head 51 ft. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 27 years planted, it is 43 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk loin., and of the head 32 ft. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber 

 Park, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and that of the head 50 ft. 

 In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In 

 Norfolk, at Merton Hall, it is 66 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the 

 head 46 ft. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 30 years planted, it is 48ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and that of the space covered by the branches 30 ft. In 

 Warwickshire, at Berkswell, 50 years planted, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 3ft. 9 in., and of the head 22 ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 55 years planted, it is 

 7Pft. high, tlie diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 50 ft. ; another tree, 30 years 

 planted, is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk is 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft. — In Scot- 

 land. In Ayrshire, 'at Doonside, 40 years planted, it is 40 ft. Jhigh, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39 ft. In the Stewartry of Kircudbright, at St, Mary's Isle, 

 it is 49ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 36 ft. In Renfrew- 

 shire, at Erskine House, 23 years planted, it is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 7 in. In Cromarty, at Coul, 20 years planted, it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 13 in., and of the head 18 ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 55 years old, it is 45 ft. 

 high, the diameterof the trunk 2 ft. 6in., and of the head 36ft. In Perthshire, in Dick- 

 son and TurnbuU's Nursery, 40 years old, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 

 and that of the head 26 ft. — In Ireland. In the environs of Dublin, at Castletown, 50 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 38 ft. In the county of 

 Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 39ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 

 30ft. In Fermanagh, at Castle Coole, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 

 6 in., and that of the head 57 ft In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 60 years planted, it is 67 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 46 ft. 



*** Foliage evergreen, or very nearly so. Leaves varying from dentate 

 to sinuate. Ci/ps of the Acorns bristly. 



This section consists entirely of subvarieties of the Lucombe oak, 

 which differ from the parent in being nearly evergreen ; and respecting 

 which the following observations have been obligingly sent to us by 

 Mr. Pince : — " These subvarieties were all raised by the present Mr. Lu- 

 combe, from acorns gathered from the old Lucombe oak, about 45 years 

 ago (1792). Of the first three of these, there are large specimens in the 

 Exeter Nursery ; being the original trees selected by Mr. Lucombe, and 

 from which the plants exposed for sale are propagated. These fine 

 trees," Mr. Pince continues, " which are the admiration of all who visit 

 the Exeter Nursery, differ in many very material respects from their 

 parent, but in nothing so much as being evergreen. There is a peculiarity 

 in these trees, however, as evergreens, which deserves to be noticed. It 

 is, that in the month of May, when the young leaves burst forth, the old 

 ones, which are still quite fresh and green, are entirely and simul- 

 taneously cast off, so that the tree appears bare ; but so rapid is 

 the change, that a few days sufhce to clothe it afresh in full verdure. 

 Therefore, although these varieties are, to a great extent, decidedly 

 evergreen, they cannot strictly come under that denomination. The 

 bark is very corky, and the leaves are of a glossy blackish green 



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