GARDEN FLOWERS. 31$ 



Q. p'inus (chestnut-leaved); 1730. Q. bicolor (white-swamp) ; 

 iSn. Q. montana (rock-chestnut) ; 1800. Q. castanea (yellow- 

 cheatnut) ; 1816. Q. prinoides (dwarf-chestnut, chinquapin). 

 Q. nigra (black) ; 1739. Q- tinctoria (dyer's) ; 1800 Q- coccinea 

 (scarlet) ; 1691. Q. ambigua (gray) ; 1800. Q. rubra (red) ; 1739. 

 Q,. macrocarpa (overcup, white); 1800. Q. alba (white); 1724. 

 Q. virens (live-oak) ; Q- robur (English oak). 



Many of these are very ornamental street or lawn trees, 

 growing to a great size, and attaining great age. In the 

 autumn, the foliage of the scarlet oak is most conspicuous 

 in woodland scenery, and continues uninjured by the frost 

 later than that of most forest trees. The leaves of some of 

 the oaks change in autumn to a rich yellow or brown ; and 

 in a plantation of different species we often see most exqui- 

 site contrasts of color. The foliage of many species clings 

 to the branches until torn off by the winter's wind, or forced 

 from the tree by the swelling buds in spring. Oaks are 

 usually propagated from acorns, which should be gathered 

 when ripe, kept in damp sand, or buried, during the winter, 

 and sown in drills in spring. The young plants should be 

 frequently transplanted, unless sown where they are to stand 

 permanently, as the long tap-root renders the successful re- 

 moval of a large tree very uncertain. 



QUINCE. See CYDONIA. 



