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ARBORETUM AND FftUTICETUAf. 



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1796 



Muswell Hill bear a considerable resemblance, both in form and size, to the 

 figure of Q. Pseudo-/Suber given in the Nouv. Du Hamel, and of which Jig. 

 1801. is a reduced copy. The tree at Muswell Hill has ripened acorns, but 

 not lately, and the character of their cups is forgotten ; otherwise we should 

 at once be able to decide to which section it belongs. The trunk is covered 

 with a corky bark, which has exactly the appearance of that of the 

 true cork tree in the same garden ; but the cork is only 2 in. or 2^ in. in 

 depth, while in the true cork tree it is more than 3 in. deep. Whether this 

 is a variety or a species, it is, at all events, so decidedly distinct in the 

 foliage, and, as the plate in our last Volume will show, forms such a very 

 handsome evergreen tree, that it well merits a place in collections. When 

 we saw the trees (May 5. 1837), both were in full foliage; but we were 

 informed that the variety lost its leaves generally before the other. Our 



