170 EVEEGEEENS. 



of Leicester, in Norfolk. Many of them are from 

 fifty to eighty feet high, with trunks five and six feet 

 in diameter at eighteen inches from the ground. They 

 are growing in a dry chalky soil. 



Too much cannot be said in praise of this tree. It 

 is the most valuable one we possess, and should be 

 extensively planted : no soil or situation seems to 

 disagree with it. The nearer the sea, the more 

 luxuriantly it grows ; where almost every other, cer- 

 tainly every other evergreen, would fail, there it may 

 be planted with perfect success. 



Q. i. var. Fordii. 



A very distinct and handsome variety : in form it is 

 a pointed cone ; the branches growing erect, almost 

 parallel with the trunk. Leaves small, pointed, twisted, 

 dark green above, pale beneath. Porms a highly orna- 

 mental tree when planted singly. 



Q. i. var. variegata. Gardens. 

 Has the leaves beautifully variegated with white. 



Q. I. var. latifolia. Loddiges. 



The leaves of this variety are very much larger than 

 in the species, and nearly entire. 



QUERCUS INVERSA. -Lindley. 



Received by us from the north of China, and has 

 proved hardy at Bagshot. It is a fine evergreen tree, 

 with apparently the habit of the conimoiiEvergreenOak. 



