314: Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



than that of Q. rubra, and used for staves, railway-carriages and in 

 ship-building (C. Mohr). Prof. C. Koch points out, that Q. cuneata 

 (Wangenheim) is the oldest name for this species. 



Quercus Garryana, Douglas. 



North- Western America, along the coast between the 38th and 

 50th degrees. A tree, to 100 feet high or more, with a stem often 6 

 feet in diameter. This, with Q. Douglasii and Q. lobata, passes as 

 California White Oak. The timber is remarkably pale for an oak y 

 hard and fine-grained, of great strength and durability, well suited for 

 almost every kind of construction, for which the white or the 

 European oak is employed. The acorns, being sweet and agreeable, 

 form an excellent mash for hogs. 



Quercus glabra, Thimberg. 



Japan. Evergreen. The acorns are consumed for food by the 

 Japanese. 



Quercus glauca, Thimberg. 



The Kashi of Japan. A truly magnificent evergreen tree, to 80 

 feet high. The hard and close-grained wood is chosen there for select 

 tools, particularly planes and utensils (Christy). 



Quercus Ilex, Linne\ 



The Holly-Oak of Soutli-Europe ; extending also to Algeria and 

 to the Himalayas, which it ascends up to about 10,000 feet. Height 

 of tree rather less than that of the English oak, but occasionally it is 

 very lofty. Wood in use for ship-building and wheelwrights' work, 

 bark for tanning. From varieties of this tree are obtained the sweet 

 and nourishing Ballota- and Chestnut-acorns, as much as 20 bushels 

 occasionally from one tree in a season. 



Quercus incana, Roxburgh. 



Himalayas, at elevations between 3,000 and 8,000 feet. A beautiful 

 evergreen tree of great dimensions. Young branchlets in spring, as 

 noted by Dr. Brandis, from whitish to lilac-colored. Mr. Simmonds 

 reminds us that a silkworm (Antheraea Roylei), producing large cocoons, 

 lives on this oak. In its native localities Q. lanuginosa (D. Don) is 

 associated with it. Q. lamellosa (Smith) of the same region attains a 

 height of about 120 feet, with a straight trunk to 60 feet with a 

 girth of 15 feet (Brandis). 



Quercus infectoria, Olivier. 



Countries around the Mediterranean Sea, extending to Persia. A 

 tree deciduous in its foliage. The galls of commerce are chiefly 

 obtained from this species. A variety or closely allied species 

 Q. Lusitanica (Webb) or Q. Mirbeckii (Durieu) reaches a height 

 of 120 feet, with a stem-girth of 20 feet. Some states of this 

 are almost evergreen, and then particularly eligible as promenade- 

 trees. 



