CHAP. CV. CORYLA^CE^. QUE'RCVS. 1861 



performed in the whip manner, with as great certainty of success as in graft- 

 ing common fruit trees. Some nurserymen find the new evergreen varieties 

 of the new Lucombe oak to take by grafting more readily than the old Lu- 

 combe oak ; and others prefer stocks of Q. pedunculata to those of Q. Cerris. 

 In the nursery, the plants ought to be annually removed ; because scarcely 

 any species of oak suffers so much from transplanting as the different varieties 

 of Q. Cerris. Purchasers of these varieties, therefore, would do well to 

 bespeak them from the grower a year before they require them to be taken 

 up ; or to purchase them in spring, on condition of their being immediately 

 taken up, pruned, and replanted, preparatory to their being taken up and re- 

 moved to their final destination in the succeeding autumn. It is much better 

 for a purchaser to pay double the usual price for plants properly treated in 

 the nursery, than to have one half, or, as we have known sometimes, two 

 thirds, of them entirely fail from nursery mismanagement. 



statistics. In the environs of London, at York House, Twickenham, 50 years planted, it is 50 fl. 

 high, thedianieterof the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 20 ft. ; at the Priory, at Stanmore, it is 53 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and of the head 32 ft. ; at Syon, it is 70 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 2 ft. 8in., and that of the head 73 ft. ; at Muswell Hill, 72 years old, it is 62 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the head 50 ft. — South of London. In Cornwall, at Carclew, it is 71 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., andof the head 64 ft. In Devonshire, at Mamhead, there are three 

 trees, the largest of which is 100 ft. high, and the others 90 ft. and 80 ft. respectively ; the circum- 

 ference of the trunk of the first is 12 ft., of the second 15 ft., and of the third 1-1 ft. 1 in. ; the probable 

 age of these trees Is between 70 and 80 years, having been planted by Mr. Lucombe : at Killerton, 

 34 years planted, it is 67 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 43 ft. : at Bystock 

 Park, 18 years planted, it is 50 ft. high ; and at Endsleigh Cottage, 15 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. 

 In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 44 years planted, it is 70ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 

 9 in., and of the head 4<Jft. In the Isle of Wight, in Wilkins's Nursery, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. 

 high. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, 13 years planted, it is 36 ft, high. In Somersetshire, at Nettle- 

 combe, 68 vears planted, it is 74 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and that of the head 71 ft. 

 In Surrey, at Deepdene, 10 years planted, it is 24 ft. high. ; at Nutfield Blechingley, 21 years planted, 

 it is 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk is 2 ft. 10 in., and of the head 27 ft. In Wiltshire, at 

 Longleat, 50 years planted, the species is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6in., and of the head 

 46 ft. ; at Longford Castle, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 66 ft.— North 

 of London. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, specimens 24 years old are from 30 ft. to 40 ft. high ; 

 at Ampthill, 85 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 50 ft. In 

 Denbighshire, at Kinmel Park, 20 years planted. It is 32 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the 

 head 18 ft. ; at Eaton Hall, 14 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 

 27 years planted, it is 37 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 16 in., and of the head 32 ft. In Leices- 

 tershire, at Whitton House, 30 years planted, it is 46 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in. 

 In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 53 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in., and of 

 the head 52 ft. In Northamptonshire, at Wakefield Lodge, 10 years planted, it is 26ft. high. In 

 Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk Sin. 

 In Warwickshire, at Allesley, 26 years planted, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 17 in. ; at 

 Springfield, 30 years planted, it is 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 11 in. In Worcestershire, 

 at Croome, it is 80 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 9 in., and of the head 80 ft. In Yorkshire, at 

 Kipley Castle, 16 years planted, it is 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk lOin., and of the head 

 12 tX. ; at Knedlington, 7 years from the acorn, it is 12 ft. high.— In Scotland. In the environs of Edin- 

 burgh, at Hopetoun House, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3in., and of the head 

 5'?ft.—. South of Edinburgh. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 25 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 11 in. — North of Edinburgh. In Cromarty, at Coul, 20 years planted, it is 

 38 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 30 ft. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, 

 it is 50ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and that of the head 35 ft— In Ireland. In the 

 environs of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, S5 years planteil. it is 35 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 25 ft. ; at Cypress Grove, it is 70 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 50ft. In King's county, at Charleville Forest, 10 years 

 planted, it is 24ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 14ft. In Fermanagh, 

 at Florence Court, 38 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 56 ft. 



In Foreign Countries. In France, in Brittany, at Barres, 12 years planted, it is SO ft. high. In 

 Hanover, at Giittingen, in the Botanic Garden, 25 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 8 in., and of the head 20ft. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 20 years old, it is 

 15 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk fiin. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic 

 Garden, 20 years old, it is 25 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 12 ft.; at Briick 

 on the Leytha, ,50 years old, it is 36ft high. In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, 50 years old, it is 

 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 18 ft. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 

 24 years planted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk I ft 8 in., and of the head 22 ft 



Commercial Statistics. Acorns, in London, 10s. per bushel; one year's seed- 

 ling plants, 10s. per thousand; two years' seedlings, 50s. per thousand; two 

 years' seedlings, one year transplanted, 20s. per thousand. The Lucombe 

 and Fulham oaks, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each. Q. Cerris, at Boll wy Her, is 2 

 francs a plant ; at New York, 50 cents, and the Lucombe oak 1 dollar. 



It 7. Q. yE'oiLOPS L. The jEgilops, or Valonia, Oak, 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1414,; Willd., No. 61. ; Ait, No. 20.; Mill. Ic, I. 215.; Oliv. Trav. 



Eng ed vol 2 p. 44. ; N. Du Ham., 7- p. 175. ; Smith in Recs's Cycl., No. 58. 

 Sunonymes. Q. orientMis, &c., Tourn. Cor., 40.; A^'gilops sive Ccrrus mas C. Baithin, Second at ; 



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