QUERCUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



QUERCUS. 755 



the unfolding foliage in May, and rich autumn 

 tints. It soon makes a fine tree and is one of 

 the best to plant in moist ground or marshy 

 places, as it grows naturally in such places. 

 Leaves deeply cut, bright green and smooth. 

 Northern United States and westward. 



shade and fine beauty of form as at Shrubland 

 and in many other places. Botanists give this 

 and the other British Oak under the general 

 term of Q. Robur, but they are wrong, as the 

 Oaks are distinct in form and habit. Of the 

 common Oak there are several varieties that 



Q. PEDUNCULATA (British Oak} is the most 

 valuable of British trees and most beautiful in 

 old age in many different states both in wood, 

 park, chase, by rivers, and in pasture land, 

 and one which I like well to see coming into 

 the home grounds in its old state, giving noble 



An Evergreen Oak. 



should be made use of in ornamental planting. 

 Those with coloured foliage include the Golden 

 Oak ( Concordia) which has rich yellow foliage 

 throughout the summer. It is a very slow 

 growing variety and rarely seen larger than a 

 dwarf scrubby tree. The purple leaved variety 

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