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is rather scarce. There is a specimen in the 

 garden of John Evans. 



QUERCUS, Linnaeus. Nat. Ord. Corylaceas. 

 Monoecia, Polyandria, Linn. Male catkins 

 with flowers having a 5 -cleft calyx, with 4- 

 10 stamens, and no corolla. Female flowers; 

 calyx an involucre composed of numerous 

 scales united into a cup. Fruit, an acorn. 



1. Q. ALBA, Linnceus. Leaves obovate-ob- 

 long, nearly equally pinnatind sinuate, shining 

 green above, a little whitish beneath. Cup 

 hemispherical. Nut ovate or oblong. 

 White-oak. Native of United States. 



All the oaks are amongst the most useful 

 trees in landscape gardening. They possess 

 a great variety of forms and modes of 

 growth; different colors, shades, and hues; 

 and are adapted, some one or other of them, 

 to every difference of soil, situation, and 

 aspect. They are usually considered of slow 

 growth, but when under favorable circum 

 stances, soon attain a large size. A magnifi 

 cent avenue of them, on the fine estate 

 owned by Alexander Brown, Esq., on the 



