404 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Quercus falcata, Michaux. 



South-Eastern States of North-America. Known as Spanish 

 Oak. A tree, attaining a height of 80 feet, with a stem 5 feet in 

 diameter. Foliage deciduous. It lives in dry sandy ground, and 

 can also be utilised for sea-coasts. Produces an excellent tanners' 

 bark, and also galls for superior ink. The wood is finer grained 

 and more durable than that of Q. rubra, and used for staves, 

 railway-carriages and in ship-building [0. Mohr]. Prof. C. Koch 

 points out, that Q. cuneata.(Wangenheim) is the oldest name for 

 this species. 



Quercus G-arryana, Douglas. 



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

 50th degrees. The only species in Oregon and British Columbia 

 [S. Watson]. A tree, to 100 feet high or more, with a stem of ten 

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

 as Californian White Oak. The timber is remarkably pale for an 

 oak, hard and fine-grained, of great strength and durability, well 

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

 or the British Oak is employed. The acorns, being sweet and 

 agreeable, form an excellent mash for hogs. 



Quercus g-labra, Thunberg. 



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

 Japanese. 



Quercus g-lauca, Thunberg. 



The Kashi of Japan, extending to the outer Himalayas. 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]. Indian accounts of the wood are less 

 favorable. 



Quercus Griffith!!, J. Hooker. 



Khasia, Naga, Burmah, up to 6000 feet. Nearly allied to Q. 

 aliena (Blume). A large tree with deciduous leaves. The wood 

 resembles more that of the British Oak than that of any other- 

 Indian species [Gamble]. Locally much in use. 



Quercus Zlez, Linne. 



The Holly-Oak of South-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 shipbuilding and wheelwrights' 

 work, tools, agricultural implements, but requires to be well 

 seasoned [Gamble]. Yields also good tan-bark. 



