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* Q. p. 5 hcterophylla. Q. salicifolia Hort., Q. laciniata Lod. Cat., Q./ili- 

 cifolia Hort., Q. Fennesse Hort. (Our fig. 1544.) In this variety 

 the leaves vary exceedingly in magnitude, in shape, and in being lan- 

 ceolate and entire, cut at the edges, or deeply laciniated. 



Q. p. Qfoliis variegatis Lodd. Cat. Leaves variegated with white, with 

 some streaks of red. When finely grown, a very ornamental tree. 



t Q. p. 7 purpurea. Q. purpurea Lodd. Cat. Young shoots, and the foot- 

 stalks of the leaves, tinged with purple. Young leaves, when they first 

 come out, almost entirely purple, and very striking. A tree, which is 

 among the oaks what the purple beech is among the beeches. There 

 is a specimen 30 ft. high at Arno's Grove, Southgate. 



Other Varieties. Q. p. Hodginsw, Q. p. cinerea, and Q. p. dulcis are 

 described in our first edition. The varieties of British oaks which might 

 be selected from extensive woods of that tree are without end. 



Quercus pedunculata, both in Britain and on the Continent, is generally 

 found on better soil than Q. sessiliflora ; and its wood splits more easily, and 

 is lighter, than the wood of that species. In France, the chene-a-grappes is 

 always planted in preference to the chene-rouvre, where the soil is sufficiently 

 good. When both oaks are planted together in good soil, the red oak (Q. 

 sessiliflora) outgrows the white oak (Q. pedunculata) ; and, when either oak 

 grows on particular descriptions of soils, with bad subsoils, the wood assumes 

 a brown or dark colour, and is found, when worked up, to be of comparatively 

 short duration. Hence, a good deal of confusion has arisen as to the com- 

 parative value of the wood of these two species. For splitting, the white oak 

 is to be preferred ; and, with respect to durability, we believe that depends 

 more on the soil, and on the rapidity or slowness of growth, than on the 

 species. (See Arb. Brit., 1st edit., p. 1731. to p. 1842.; and Gard. Chron., 

 vol. i. p. 70.) 



^ 2. Q. SESSILIFLORA Sal. The sessile-flowered Oak. 



Identification. Sal. Prod., 392. ; Smith Fl. Br., No. 2. a ; Eng. Bot., t. 1845. 



Synonymies. Q. 7J6bur Willd. ; Q. R. var. sessile Mart. Fl. Rust, til.; Q. sessilis Ehrh. Arb. 

 87.; Q. platyphyllos, mas et foem., Dalech. Hist. 2,3.; Q. latifolia mas, &c., Bauh. Pin., Rait 

 Syn. 440. ; Q. regalis Burnet ; ? Q. australis Cook ; Q. mannifera, the Manna Oak, Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. 1841 ; Q. mong61ica Ibid, and Gard. Chron. vol. i. p. 35. ; the Red Oak, Chestnut oak, Bay 

 Oak ; Chene male, Secondat ; Chene roure or rouvre, Durelin, Fr. ; Stein Eiche, gemeine Eiche, 

 spat Eiche, "Winter Eiche, diirr Eiche, roth Eiche, Berg Eiche, Ger. ; Quercia vera, and Quercia 

 commune, Ital ; Rohle, Span. 



1545 Q. sessihflora. 



Derivation. The name of Chestnut Oak is given to this species, because its wood is supposed by 

 some to resemble that of the sweet chestnut, as do the leaves in a slight degree, of some of the 

 varieties. The French names imply the male oak, the red oak, and the hard oak. The German 



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