ARBORETUM AND FKUT1CETUM. 



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and sheep; while those of the common species, in the same pasture, are 

 eaten. The wood makes excellent fuel. There are plants in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, which, in spring, when their leaves are expanding. 

 are of very great beauty and singularity ; and the species, on that account, 

 well deserves culture as an ornamental tree. There are some small trees, 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 6ft. or 8ft. high. In France, in 

 Brittany, at Barres, 8 years planted, it is 10ft. high. In Germany, at 

 Brlick on the Leytha, near Vienna, 15 years from the acorn, it is C ft. high. 

 In Italy, at Monza, 16 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. There are some 

 plants at Messrs. Loddiges's ; and, in the catalogue of the Kensington Nur- 

 sery for 1834, seedling plants are marked at 50*. per thousand. At present 

 we are not aware of plants being in any nursery, except a few at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's ; but acorns may be had from Paris or Bourdeaux in abundance ; 

 and there is scarcely a species of the genus more deserving of culture, for 

 the beauty of its spring foliage. 



Varieties. In the Nouveau Du Hamel three are mentioned : 1. With large 

 acorns, on peduncles, axillary and terminal ; 2. With axillary acorns of a 

 middle size ; and, 3. With small acorns, on long racemes. Desvaux, in the 

 Journal de Botanique for 1808, mentions Q.. Tauzin laciniata, having jagged 

 leaves; and Q. T. digitata, having digitate leaves. Bosc speaks of a dried 

 specimen in his possession, which he thinks may belong to the true chene 

 Angoumois; which, he says, is often confounded with Q. Tauzin and Q. 

 ferris. To this specimen he has given the name of Q. Ligeris, or chene 

 ligerien. In the London Horticultural Society's Garden there is an oak 

 which was received from M. Schammes of Pesth, in Hungary, under the 

 name of Q. conferta, which appears to belong to Q. pyrenaica ; but, not 

 having seen the fruit, we cannot be quite certain of this. 



^ 4. Q. APENNI'NA Lam. The Apennine Oak. 



Identification. Lam. Diet. Encycl., 1. p. 725. ; N. Du H am., 



7. p. 177. ; Bosc Mm. sur les Chenes. 

 Synonymes. Q conglomerate Pers. ; Ch&ne hivernal, Fr. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 7- t 53. ; and our fig. 1698. 

 Spec. Char., SfC. Loaves oval-oblong, petiolated, sinuatcd, pu- 

 bescent beneath, bordered with obtuse lobes, somewhat 



angular. Acorns oval, disposed along a short peduncle. 



(Lam.) The leaves are exceedingly woolly beneath ; the 



acorns small, almost globular, and sometimes borne to the 



number of 8 or 10 on one peduncle, not above 1 in. in 



length. The tree does not attain a large size, seldom ex- 

 ceeding thejheight of 20 ft. According to the Nouveau Du 



Hamel, it is intermediate between Q. sessilifldra pubescens 



and Q. pedunculata. Bosc says it is very distinct from g. 



pedunculata, and from every other species of Qudrcjus. He 



found it in abundance, he says, on the mountains in the 



neighbourhood of Lyons ; and it is also indigenous to Italy 



and to the Levant. It is always found in dry places, on 



sandy or stony soils. There are plants in Paris and at 



Versailles, and in the Bois de Boulogne. The name is in 



British catalogues j but no year is given for its introduction, 



nor have we ever seen or heard of a plant of it. Acorns 



might, doubtless, be obtained through M. Vilmorin ; and, 



being of small size, it would appear to be a most desirable 



tree for a suburban garden, or to represent the European 



division of the genus Qudrcus in a miniature arboretum. 



5f 5. Q. J^'SCULUS L. The Esculus, or Italian, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1414. ; Willd., No. 63. ; Ait., No. 22. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 176. ; Rees's 



Cycl., No. 70. 



Synonymes. Phagus J?'sculus, mas et'foem, Dalech. Hist., 5. ; Chene grec, Fr. 

 Derivation. From esca, food. The 'sculus of the classics is by some taken for the beech tree ; but 



the Q. ^E'sculus of Linnajus is now believed to be thePhagos of Theophrastus, which he expressly 



says is a kind of oak. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 1699. and 1700.; and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated, smooth ; paler beneath ; 

 segments bluntish, somewhat angular at the base. Fruit nearly sessile. 

 Calyx scaly, hemispherical. (Smith.) A native of the south of Europe ; 

 from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high. Cultivated by Miller, in 1739; and flowering in 

 May. Acorns have been produced on the trees of Q. l?'sculus in the Hor- 



1698 



