The Evergreen Oaks 



stalks i inch or more in length. The leaf surface 

 is very glossy. 



Q. alnifolia = " Golden Cyprus Oak." This is 

 an extremely rare species from the mountains 

 of Cyprus. It is of bushy habit and peculiar by 

 reason of its roundish, toothed, Alder-like, leaves, 

 which are of a pretty golden colour on the under 

 side. 



Q. Ballota= " Sweet Acorn Oak." A tall-grow- 

 ing tree from Spain and Portugal. It has dark 

 green, broadly ovate leaves, with sharply-toothed 

 margins. The larger leaves are 2j inches long 

 and if inches wide. 



Q. coccifera^r" Kermes Oak." A very slow 

 growing bushy species from the region bordering 

 the Mediterranean. It is of dense shrubby habit, 

 with small, ovate, spiny leaves. 



Q. cuspidata. A Japanese plant with glossy, 

 ovate-acuminate leaves. It rarely gets beyond 

 the dimensions of a spreading bush 10 feet or so 

 high. There is a variety with variegated leaves. 



Q. glabra. This is a handsome Japanese 

 Oak of bush-like habit, with large obovate 

 leaves, dark green and glossy above, and greyish 

 beneath. It forms a large and handsome bush. 



Q. Ilex. For general purposes this is by far 

 the most useful of the group. It is the Holm or 

 Holly Oak of the Mediterranean region, and is 

 met with as a large tree with a clear trunk of 30 

 feet or more, or again as a tree of medium height 



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