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1717 



specimen tree in the Exeter Nursery is 45 ft. high ; and the trunk, at 

 the base, measures 7 ft. 6 in. in circumference. 



f Q. C. 12 L. incisa, Q. L. incisa Hort. y (fig. 1717.6) has the leaves 

 longer, and somewhat more deeply cut, than those of the preceding 

 varieties. The tree in the Exeter Nursery is 45 ft. high ; and the 

 circumference of the trunk, at the base, is 7 ft. 



1 Q. C. 13 L.dentdta, Q. L.dentata Hort. y (fig. 1716.) is a fine large-leaved 

 evergreen variety, lately raised in the Exeter Nursery, and of which 

 there will be plants for sale in the autumn of 1837. 

 J Q. C. 14 heterophylla, Q. L. heterophylla Hort. t (fig. 1719.) has very 

 variable foliage, and is also a recent production of the Exeter Nur- 

 sery. Of these two new seedlings, Messrs. Lucombe and Pince inform 

 us that they have a great opinion. 



Other Vaiicties. Q. C. bulldta, the blistered, or rough-leaved, Turkey 

 oak, is mentioned by Miller; and he probably meant it to apply to Q. C. cana, 

 which has rougher leaves than any other variety that we are acquainted 

 with. In the Fulham Nursery there is a variety of the Fulham oak pro- 

 pagated, Q. C. dcntdta pendula, which is said to have pendulous shoots ; 

 but we have never seen a plant large enough to enable us to determine 

 whether it is sufficiently distinct to be recorded as such. To the varieties 

 mentioned above some dozens might be added, by selecting specimens with 

 widely different-shaped leaves, and continuing them by grafting. In short, 



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