AltBORETUM AND I'llU TICl.TUM. 



w hat is probably the largest oak in Ireland ; since it measures 2S ft. in circumference at(i ft. from the 

 ground. It is much decayed, and has lost much of its height and many branches. At Shane's 

 Ca.-lle, the seat of Karl O'Neill, <j. i>eduueulata is to ft. high, with a trunk 15 It. in girt at 4 ft. from 

 the ground, and a head 84ft in diameter; and tf. se.-silirl.'.ra is tls ft. high, Itift. tiin. in girt, and 

 the head !i ft. in diameter. Both arc >oung trees in a healthy growing state; and ^.sessiliilora, 

 in particular, in the years lx>5 and Is.ki, made a general growth throughout its branches of from 

 I'm. to 1 ft. S in. In the county of Down, at HdL-lx>rotigh Castle, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 

 nearly 22 ft. in circumference, and clear of branches to the height of 25 ft ; at Moira, it is tioft. high, 

 with a trunk about Itift. in circumference, and a head (is ft. in diameter. In Fermanagh, at 

 1'lorence Court, it is 70 ft. high: girt of the trxmk 15ft. and diameter of the head Soft.: at 

 Castle Coote, a young oak is 75 ft. high, with a trunk 12ft. 8 in. in girt, it is a thriving tree; 

 another, much shattered, by lightning, is i.HH'1. high, with a trunk loft, (i in. in circumference. In 

 Ixnith, at Dundalk, is an ou'k tiU ft. high ; circumference of the trunk, at 1 ft. fioiu the ground, 15 ft. ; 

 at l!'ft., loft. ; diameter of the head 84ft. In the county of Sligo the oaks are Miiall, but remark- 

 able for the closeness and fineness of the grain of their timU-r. One at Mackree Castle is .JO ft. high, 

 with a trunk about 7 It. in circumference, and a head 75ft. in diameter. In \Vistmeath, at I'aken- 

 bam Hall, the seat of the Earl of Longford, <l. pedunculata is 80 ft. high, with a trunk i>eifectly 

 clear from knots or branches for ol ft. ; girting 12 It. at 1 ft. from the ground, and tift. at ;>1 ft., 

 just below the swelling of the branches. The trunk is perfectly straight, and the tree, which is in 

 a healthy and growing state, is about JHi years old. 



The British Oak in Foreign Countries. " In l-'rancc, at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, IS years 

 planted, it is tioft. high; the girt of the trunk 12ft. In Brittany, at Harres, on the estate of M. 

 Vilmorin, <J years planted, it is 15ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at Avranches, <l. ses.-ilifbli.i, 

 40 years planted, is ;]<> ft. high ; the circumference of the trunk 8ft., and the diameter of the 

 head 2Sft. In Saxony, at \Vorlitz, <}. sessilit olia, ^JO years old, is 70 ft. high, with a trunk tf ft. in 

 circumference. In the Grand-Duchy of Nassau, 

 near \Veisbaden, is a very remarkable weep- 

 ing oak, of which we have been furnished with 

 a sketch (from which our fig. lti!)5. is reduced), 

 by the Honourable Mrs. YVrightson, of \Varns- 

 w'orth Hall, near Doncaster, daughter of Lord 

 \Valsingham: " It is a large handsome tree, 

 the great peculiarity of which is, that all the lower 

 branches are very long, slender, and pendulous, 

 more like those of a weeping birch than of oaks in 

 general. It is a solitary tree, with no other oaks 

 near it ; and it stands on grass by the side of the 

 road. There is a legend attached to the tree, that 

 two lovers, while taking shelter under it, were 

 struck by lightning, and that the tree has wept 

 eversince." In Bavaria, at Munich, in the English 

 Garden, 20<l years old, it is 40ft. high, circum- 

 ference of the trunk 7 ft. C> in., and diameter of the 

 head 40 ft. ; in the Botanic Garden, another (Q. 

 peduneuluta , 84 years old, is 20ft. high, and 

 the girt of the trunk 21 in. ; and <). sesilirlbra, 

 also 84 years old, is IS ft. high, and the circumference ot the trunk 1ft. <> in. In Austria, near 

 Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, ISO years old, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft in circumference, 

 and a head 80ft. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Pfauen Insel, KM) years old, it is SO ft. 

 high, with a trunk 12 it. in circumference, and a head ;5<> ft. in diameter. In Sweden, at Lund, in 

 the Botanic Garden, it is 5ti ft. high ; ;the circumference of the trunk 4 ft. tiin., and the diameter of 

 the head :>ift. In Hussia, in the Government Garden at Odessa, 12 years planted, <l. sessihfl.'.ra is 

 Itift. high, and the girt of the trunk 15 in. ; and (i. peduiiculata is 17 ft. high, girt of the trunk 

 12 in. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Moiiza, 50 years old, Q. sessilitlora is to ft. high, the circumference 

 of the trunk 7 'ft., and the diameter of the head 4H't. ; and (I. pedunculata is tR) ft. high, girt of the 

 trunk 7 ft., and diameter of the head loft. 



Commercial Statistics. Acorns, in London, are from 2s. (\d. to 3.v. (></. per 

 bushel. Plants (two-years-old seedlings), l().v. per thousand; transplanted, 

 and from 2 it. to 3 it. high, l().v. per thousand. At Bollw \ller, acorns of the 

 species are from 2 to 3 francs per bushel ; and plants of the varieties are from 

 1 franc to 3 francs each. At New York plants are i() cents each. 



* 3. (i. I'YKKNA'icA ll'iltd. The Pyrencan Oak. 



Llentijication. \Villd., No. f>7. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 17!'.; Kees's Cycl., No. 75. 



Synont/mes. (}. Ttiuzin I'ers. Syii , 2 p. 571.; (I. nigia Thure Chlor. I. unit., ;iSl. ; <i. T>'Sa Bosc 



Journ. Hist. Nat., 2. |). 155. ; <t. stolonifera Lajieyr. I'l. J'yr., 58-'. ; Chene noir Seeuintat. 

 Engravings. Secondat Mem. du Chene, t. 2. anil t. 5. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 5ti. ; Bosc Journ. Hist. 



Nat., 2. t. :>L i. '.',. ; and our Jig. ItiiKi. 



Sjicc. C'/ifir.y <$'c. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid, stalked; downy beneath ; some- 

 what heart-shaped and unequal at the base; lobes obtuse, slightlv toothed. 

 Fruit stalked, (ll'i/ld.) A low tree, a native of the Pyrenees. Introduced 

 in \*22. 'Ibis species forms a smaller tree than (. pedunculuta or (. 

 sessiliilora; from both of \\hich it is distinguished by its roots, which run 

 chiefly near the surface, ami throw up sinkers. The trunk seldom attains 

 a greater circumference than from (i it. to !> it. The bark is dark-coloured 

 and chapped. The leaves are petiolatcd ; and the acorns are borne on 

 short peduncles, generally two together. The tree is readily known, from 

 its infancy upwards, from every other oak, in spring, by the dense covering 



