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ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM 



PART HI 



be rendered obvious at a glance, 

 by inspecting the line of oaks at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's, where there 

 are three trees, marked Q. palus- 

 tris, (2. Banfsteri, and Q. montuna, 

 (all of which are the Q. palustris of 

 Michaux,) which are above 30 ft. 

 high, which is several feet higher 

 than all the others, with the single 

 exception of Q. ambfgua. A tree 

 (fig. 1761.) of this species in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 which had been overtopped with 

 elms, in the manner already men- 

 tioned (p. 1864-.), has lost its 

 leader, and has more the appear- 

 ance of a stunted bush than a tree. 

 It is not one third of the size of 

 those at Messrs. Loddiges's, of one 

 of which the tree in our last Vo- 

 lume is a portrait. The leaves are 

 much smaller than those of all the 

 other species of this section : they 

 are smooth, of a pleasing green, 

 supported on very long petioles, and, on old trees, are very deeply laciniated. 

 On young trees, they are much less so, as will be seen by jig. 1760. copied 

 from Michaux's Histoirc des Chenes, in which a is a seedling of one year old, 

 and b a leaf from a tree two years old. The acorns are small, round, and 

 contained in flat shallow cups, 

 of which the scales are closely 

 applied one upon another. The 



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wood, though stronger and more 

 tenacious than that of either the 

 red or the scarlet oaks, has the 

 pores still larger and more open 

 than those of either of these woods. It is used for the axles of mill- 

 wheels, when white oak of sufficient dimensions cannot be procured ; and 

 sometimes, though rarely, it is made into staves for casks for dry goods. 

 For small groups, and especially in moist rich soil, we cannot sufficiently 

 recommend this tree. Its growth is rapid, and the disposition of its branches 

 is singularly graceful from its infancy upwards. A few years ago, there were 

 a great many trees of it in the Leyton Nursery, which were taken up and 

 burnt for want of sale. The most beautiful small specimen we know is in the 



