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90 ft — In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Newbattic Abbey, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 9 in., and the head 70 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted, it is 1 1 ft. high, raised 

 from acorns gathered by Lord Dalhousie, while he rode over the field of battle at Salamanca ; and 



senthome in 1S12 South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, atFuUcrton, it is 40ft. high, the diameter of 



the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 26 ft. ; another, 120 years old, is 40 ft. high, and the diameter of the 

 trunk is 3 ft. In the stewartry of Kircudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 48 I'i. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 3511. ; at Bargally is one with a trunk 11 ft. Sin. in circumference; 

 at Cassincarrie, it is 40 ft. high, with a trunk 9ft. 6in. in circumference. — North of Edinburgh. In 

 Aberdeenshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39ft. 

 In Banffshire, at CuUen House, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 soft. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in. In Fifeshire, at Raith 

 House, it is .35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 23 ft. In Ross-shire, at 

 Brahan Castle, 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in. In Stirlingshire, at Braham Castle 

 26 ft. high, the girt of the trunk 2 ft.6 in., and the diameter of the head 20 ft — In Ireland, in the environs 

 of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. ; at Castletown, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 54 ft. 

 — South of Dublin, in the county of Cork, at Castle Freke, 26 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 33 ft. In Kilkenny, at Borris, it is 49 ft. high, the 

 circumferenceof thetrunkllft.,and the diameter of the head 54 ft. — North of Dublin. In the'county 

 of Antrim, at Echlinville, 37 years planted, it is 39 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 8 ft,, and 

 the diameter of the head 43 ft.. In Down, at Moira, it is 45 ft. high.thediameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., 

 .and that of the head 35ft. In Fermanagh, at Castle Coole, 33ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft., and of the head 21 ft.— In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 40 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, and of the head 20 ft, ; another, 130 years old, is 42 ft high, with a 

 trunk 5 ft. in circumference; at Sci^aux, 30 years old, it is .30 ft. high, with a trunk 1 tt. 6 in. in diame- 

 ter, and the diameter of the head 20 ft. ; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 40 years planted, it 

 is 39 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in., and of the head 28 ft— In Austria, near Vienna, 

 at Kopenzel, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. 



Recorded Trees. At Wilton House, Q. Tlex, in 1816, had a trunk 10 ft. in circumference ; and one 

 at Chichester, planted by Colonel Brereton, in 1766, had a trunk 7 ft high, and 7 ft. 6 in. in circum- 

 ference. Goodwood Park Lodge, near Chichester, is covered by a screen of evergreen oaks, in the 

 form of a square, 10 ft. thick, and 30 ft high. (Mitch. Dend., p. 224.) In Scotland, at Bargally in 

 Galloway, Q. /'lex, measured in 1780, was 50ft high, with a clear trunk of 12 ft, which measured 

 6 ft. 3 in. in circumference at 4 ft. from the ground : it had at that time many acorns on it ( U'<t/ker.) 

 In Ireland, at Mount Asher, there we'-e some evergreen oaks, which, in 1794, had trunks from 6 ft. to 

 Sft. in circumference. At Kilruddery, the Q. /Nex grows as well as in Italy; and there are very 

 large trees of it {Id., p. 124. and 132.) 



Commercial Sfaiisfics, Plants, in the London nurseries, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 high, in pots, are 75s. per hundred ; or single plants from 6(/. to 2s. each, 

 according to their size; and acorns are 20*. per bushel. At BoUwyller, where 

 it is tender, plants are I franc and 50 cents ; and at New York, where they 

 are 1 dollar each, they are noticed in Prince's Catalogue as requiring protec- 

 tion in winter. 



a 30. Q. Ballo^ta Desf. The sweet Acorn Oak. 



Identification. Desf. Atl., 2. p. 350. ; Hist des Arb., 2. p. 506. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 432. ; N. Du 



Ham., 7. p. 157. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 31. 

 Synonyines. ? Plex m^jor Clus. Hist., 1. t. 23. ; Chene 3 Glands doux, Ch6ne Ballote, Fr. 

 Derivation. The term BalVota seems to be a modification of the Spanish word belloia, which means 



acorns generally. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 17S3. and 1784., the latter being a sprig, and the former a leaf of the natural 



size, both taken from a specimen of the original tree, planted by Desfontaines in the Jardin des 



Plantes, at Paris. 



Spec. Char,, SfC. Leaves elliptical, coriaceous, denticulated, or entire ; downy 

 beneath. Bark even. Nut cylindrical, elongated. (Desf. and Smith.) A 

 tree, growing 20 ft. or .30 ft. high, with a trunk from 3 ft. to 6 ft. in circum- 

 ference. The branches are covered with a bark 

 somewhat furrowed, of a brownish grey ; and the 

 general form of the head of the tree is oval, or 

 roundish. The leaves are coriaceous, with shorty 

 footstalks, generally rounded at the summit, rarely 

 pointed ; smooth above, and cottony and white be- ' 

 neath ; entire or denticulated in their margins. The 

 female flowers are solitary, or in clusters, in the 

 axils of the young shoots. The acorns are sessile, 

 or on short peduncles ; the fruit is from 8 to 20 lines 

 in length, and from 4 to 6 lines in breadth. The 

 nuts are enclosed at the base in a hemispherical cup, covered with obtuse 

 scales, which are cottony, numerous, and very closely imbricated. This 

 oak was discovered by Desfontaines, in Barbary, and it is said to be closely 

 allied to Q. /*lex; from which, however, it differs in its leaves being more 

 white and cottony beneath, and of a more coriaceous texture j and in its 



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