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ship-building, and cabinetwork, and for casks, machinery, spokes, naves, beams, plough 

 handles, agricultural implements, railway sleepers, fencing, flooring, and basket material 

 {Sargent}. Bark contains 8 per cent, tannin. Growth more rapid than that of Q. robur. 

 Suitable for planting from 500 to 6,000 feet. 



Quercus Robur, Linnaeus, var. pedunculata. The British Oak. Europe and 

 Western Asia ; plains and valley bottoms. A large tree 4-8 feet in diameter, 70-120 feet 

 high. Wood strong, heavy, hard, very tough, durable ; colour light brown, the sapwood 

 white ; density 0'65 to 0'91 (air dried) ; largely used in construction, ship-building, and 

 planks, and for cabinetmaker's and joiner's work. Introduced at the Cape about 1656 

 from Holland, and now acclimatized. Growth moderately rapid. Suitable for planting 

 between 2,500 and 6,000 feet. Q. robur var. sessilijlora, the Durmast Oak, is another 

 important variety. 



