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The acorns are sessile, and in mossy cups ; the 

 leaves are more pointed than those of the En_L,dish 

 oak, and grey underneath ; it comes into foliage 

 much later. 



This variety is believed to grow faster than the 

 English oak, and no doubt it does in the first 

 3'ears of its life. An English oak and a Turkey 

 oak, growing side by side in Helmingham Park, 

 were planted together, in 1805, in commemoration 

 of the battle of Trafalgar, and at five feet from 

 the ground these two trees are now as nearly as 

 possible of the same girth, namel}-, seven feet five 

 inches. This seems to indicate that the English 

 oak overhauls the Turkey oak about the end of 

 the first century of their lives. The Turkey oak, 

 in habit of growth, takes very much after the 

 beech. It forms a handsome tree, but is in no 

 way to be compared to its Western ally. 



The Fulham oak, 0. c. Fiilhaiucusis. — This in 

 teresting and beautiful \ariety is a sub-evergreen 

 hybrid tree. It is never really destitute of leaves, 

 the old leaves being shed in April immediately 

 the young leaves begin to appear. In the ilex 

 the old leaves are retained much later ; until, in 

 faft, the young leaves are fully expanded. The 

 bark of the Fulham oak is rough, somewhat 

 resembling Q. siibcr, the cork tree. Its history 

 does not appear to be known ; but the original 

 tree stood at Fulham, and has only recently had 



