;>r FOREST-TREES, 



the \ are found to 



fifteen inch 



and i.I. The acorns are 



iiu 1 lips of the cup are fre- j 

 \i;h a series of flexi- ' 

 ble lilaments. This tree is also de- 

 u: of a place in British planta- 

 tions. 



The lobed-leaved, or post oak, is a tree 

 of a secon Michaux states, 



that the preference given in the West 

 Indies to the staves from Baltimore 

 and Norfolk is due. in a great mea- 

 . to their beini; made of the wood 

 of this species. It is an ornamental 

 tree, but its merits for the produce of 

 timber have not yet been proved in 



and. 



Tiie over-cup oak, or lyre-leaved, affects 

 a moist soil, and is of a large habit 

 of growth. The shape of the leaves 

 and general habit of the tree render 

 it interesting. It has not yet received 

 in England the requisite time and 

 culture to prove its properties for the 

 produce of timber. In America Mi- 

 chaux states its height to be eighty 

 and its circumference eight to 

 twelve feet. 



The swamp oak, Qucrcus discolor, is 



much less common in America than 



many of the other oaks. We have 



only one plant of it in England. 



Michaux describes it as a beautiful 



tree, more than seventy feet high ; 



the leaves six or eight inches long 



and four broad, smooth and of a dark 



irreen above, and downy underneath. 



elieve this species to be nearly 



1 to the British durmast oak, 



The chestnut white, or marsh oak, (J/ti'r- 



CU9 lered to be 



one of the most majestie trees of the 



-Is. It is deseribed, 



i'linir to the above, as rising to 



ninety feet in stature, with a straight. 



clear stem of fifty feet, crowned with 



unmit. The timber of 



it is considered inferior to the v hitc 



oak, though superior to some oilier 



We have seen young trees 



only of it in England. 



' only distinguished for the 

 B of tlu-ir leaves, which more or 



:' the sue. ' 



nut. The last mentioned is considered 

 the most interesting. The ac^i 

 of an inferior size, but of a sweeter 



quality than those of the other species 

 mentioned. The small chestnut oak 

 rarely exceeds thirty inches in height, 

 and ought perhaps to have been passed 

 over here without notice ; however, 

 it is very prolific, and where acorns 

 are in request for the food of game, 

 pheasants for instance, this dwarf oak 

 may be planted with advantage. The 

 acorns are very sweet. ' Of its ha- 

 bits in its native soil,' Michaux re- 

 marks, that ' Nature seems to have 

 sought a compensation for the dimi- 

 nutive size of this shrub in the abund- 

 ance of its fruit ; the stem, which is 

 sometimes no bigger than a quill, is 

 stretched at full length upon the 

 ground by the weight of its thickly 

 clustering acorns.' 



The live oak, (^fcrn(.\- rirrnsi, was men- 

 tioned at p. 45,* as highly deserving 

 of a trial in situations on the southern 

 coast. Michaux remarks, that it is 

 never found farther than from fifteen 

 to twenty miles from the shore. The 

 eminent success of Mr. Lucas in trans- 

 planting trees of large growth of this 

 species selected from the woods, on 

 his estate at Middleburg, prove clearly 

 its vivacious habits. It appears to 

 be confined to the southern states of 

 North America, viz. the Floridas 

 and Louisiana, as its natural soil and 

 climate, extending no farther north 

 than Norfolk in Virginia. He further 

 mentions, that in the course of four or 

 five hundred miles between Cape Ca- 

 naveral in East Florida, to Savannah 

 in Georgia, he frequently saw it on the 

 beach, or half buried in the movable 

 sands on the downs, where it had 

 preserved its freshness and vigour, 

 though exposed during a long lapse 

 of time to the fury of the wintry tem- 

 pest, and to the ardour of the sum- 

 mer's sun. Its usual height in its 

 native soil is from forty to forty-five 

 feet, and one foot in diameter. The 

 leaves are evergreen. The wood 

 is extremely hard, tough, and very 

 lasting. It is used tor ship-building, 

 screws, cos;s for mill wheels, and other 

 pur] loses, for all which it is preferred 

 to the white oak. 



The cork-tree, or cork oak, is a native 

 of the south of Kurope; it was intro- 

 duced into England about ninety or a 



* \\'e lii-re In-;' to correct ;i passage by inserting 1 

 an oMiisk.mil at pa -e -l.'i. line 1 limn the lop . .it'tcr 

 the xvonls, ' 1 lie live oak xvill not exist iu England,' 

 add, ' in I'lci-utcU cxpuscd dituulivns.' 



