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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



1564. Q. C. heterophjMla. 



wood and bark are by 

 some considered as 

 having the same pro- 

 perties as those of the 

 British oak ; but, as it 

 is only about a century 

 since the tree was in- 

 troduced into this 

 country, very few spe- 

 cimens have attained a 

 sufficient size to be cut 

 down for timber, and 

 very little experience 

 has been obtained on 

 the subject. The tree 

 is one of very great 

 beauty, both in point 

 of form and foliage; 

 and, being of great 

 rapidity of growth, it 

 is equalled by few for 

 ornamental plantations. 

 The foliage of some 

 varieties is persistent, 

 like that of the beech 

 and the hornbeam : and 

 of others, supposed to 

 be hybrids, it is sub-evergreen, or so near being completely evergreen, as to be 

 retained on the trees till May. The species, and most of the varieties, ripen 

 acorns in England, from which plants are raised with great facility ; but the 

 varieties, like those of every other oak, being very liable to sport, can only be 

 continued by grafting or by layers. The stocks employed may be either those 

 of Q. Cerris, or of the common British oak ; and the grafting may be per- 

 formed in the whip manner, with as great certainty of success as in grafting 

 common fruit trees. 



t 7. Q. .^'GILOPS L. The ^Egilops, or Valonia, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1414. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 175. 



Synonym.es. Q. orientals, &c., Town. Cor. 40. ; JK'gilops sive Cerrus mas C. Bauhin, Second at ; 



Velani Tourn. Voy. 1. p. 128. ; Glans Cerri Dalech. Hist. 1. p. 7. the great prickly-cupped Oak; 



Chene Velani, Fr. ; Chene Velanfede Bosc ; Knopper Eiche, Ger. ; Vallonea, Ital. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic., 2. t. 215. ; Oliv. Travel., t. 13. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 51. ; the plates of this 



tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our Jig. 1565. 



Spec. Char.y fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, with bristle-pointed tooth-like lobes; 

 hoary beneath. Calyx of the fruit very large, hemispherical, with lanceo- 

 late, elongated, spreading scales. (Smith.) A low deciduous tree. Islands 

 of the Archipelago, and throughout all Greece. Height 20 ft. to 50 ft. 

 Introduced in 1731. Flowers greenish white; May. Acorns large, brown, 

 with numerous lanceolate scales, very ornamental ;*ripe in October. 



Varieties. 



*t Q. JE. 2 pendula Hort. Branches drooping. 



Q. M. 3 latifolia Hort. Leaves rather broader than those of the 

 species. 



One of the most splendid species of the genus. In British nurseries it is 

 not very common, but it is quite hardy, never injured by frost, and acorns 

 may be imported in abundance from the South of France. The cups and 

 acorns are annually exported from the Levant in large quantities, and are 

 in great demand for tanning, being said to contain more tannin in a given 

 bulk of substance than any other vegetable. A tree of this species at Syon, 



