LXX. CORYLA CE;E : QUE RCUS. 



861 



IlS/i. I?. ,E':;iIops. 



though under 30 ft. in height, bears acorns annually ; which, however, do not 

 always ri[)en. 



B. Natives of North Ainenca. 



Tiie American oaks being generally propagated in Europe by acorns im- 

 ported from America, we shall here give a comparative view of the acorns o( 

 some of the common kinds. Fig. 136G. represents acorns of the natural size, 



1 566. A corns of the natural size. 



of all the kinds that were imported by Mr. Charlwood of London, seedsman, 

 in the year 1836; but, that year being unfavourable for the ripening of acorns 

 in America, fewer sorts were imported than usual, and the nuts of these few 

 are umler the average size. In this figure, a is the acorn of Quercus alba ; 

 b, that of Q. macrocarpa, with the cup on ; c, that of Q.. obtusiloba ; d, Q. 

 Priiuis tomentosa ; e, Q. P. pumila ; /, Q. tinctoria ; g, Q. nigra ; h, Q. 

 ^hellos ; and i, Q. pak'istris. Most sorts of the American oak in Messrs. Lod- 



