450 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Quercus macrolepis, Kotschy.* 



Greece. This evergreen oak also yields Yalonia, being closely 

 allied to Q. Aegilops. A de Candolle unites with it Q. Graeca of 

 Kotschy. 



Quercus magnolifolia, Ne. 



Mexico, in cooler mountain regions. From NeVs note it would 

 appear that he saw on this oak the numerous caterpillars, which 

 construct ovate cocoons 8 inches long, consisting of a kind of 

 grey silk, which was there locally manufactured into stockings and 

 handkerchiefs. 



Quercus Mongolica, Fischer.* 



Manchuria and Northern China. It is on this tree and on Q. 

 serrata and Q. dentata that the silk-insect peculiar to oak-trees 

 mainly is reared, as shown by Dr. Hance. Closely allied to this Q. 

 Griffith! (J. Hooker and T. Thomson). 



Quercus Muehlenbergii, Engelmann. 



Middle and Eastern States of North America. A middle-sized 

 tree ; its wood compact, strong, durable for posts and railway-ties 

 [Sargent]. 



Quercus pachyphylla, Kurz. 



The commonest Oak of Sikkim-Himalaya, at 7,000-10,000 

 feet. Acorns large, 3-seeded. A large evergreen tree. Wood 

 extensively used for planking, palings, shingles and other requisites 

 [Gamble]. 



Quercus palustris, Du Roi. 



The Pin-Oak or Marsh-Oak of South-Eastern North-America. 

 Hardy at Christiania. Height at length 80 feet ; of quick growth, 

 thus 20 feet high in 10 years [Thos. Meehanj. The wood is fine- 

 grained, strong and tough ; it is ornamental for furniture on account 

 of the strong development of medullary rays. 



Quercus Phellos, Linne. 



The Willow-Oak of the South-Eastern States of North- America. 

 In low-damp forest-land, attaining a stem-girth of 12 feet. The 

 wood is hard, compact, very elastic, and suitable for railway-carriages 

 and many other structures [Dr. C. Mohr]. The acorns available 

 for food. A variety or closely allied species is the Shingle-Oak, Q. 

 imbricaria (Michaux). The comparative value of the very numerous 

 Cis- and Trans-Pacific oaks, little as yet understood in the rural 

 world either for avenue -purposes or timber-plantations, should be 

 tested with practical care. Even recently oaks have been discovered 

 on the south-eastern mountains of New Guinea at not very high 

 elevations. 



