CHAP. CV. 



CORYLA N CE^1. QUE'RCUS. 



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denow by the late Mr. Conrad Loddiges, 1806 

 under the name of Q. Turneri. It appears 

 to be a hybrid between Q. pedunculata and 

 Q. /Mex; and, indeed, the leaves of some va- 

 rieties of /Mex, such as fig. 1807., which is 

 from a plant in Messrs. Loddiges's collection, 

 have exactly the same bluish green colour 

 as those of Q. Turneri, and are nearly equal 

 to those of that species in length, as is shown 

 by fig. 1808., which is from the tree at Messrs. 

 Loddiges ; both figures being of the natural 

 size. The leaves vary considerably in size 

 (see fig. 1809., to our usual scale), but not 

 much in form, or in the character of their 

 margins. Mr. Rivers, jun., of Sawbridge worth, 

 whose father recollects the tree being originated by Mr. Turner, and who 

 has propagated it extensively, says, " It takes readily by grafting on the 

 common oak, from which, in summer, it can scarcely be distinguished, as 

 its branches and leaves are so similar ; but, in winter, its thick, glossy, and 

 strictly evergreen foliage has a fine effect." On the whole, it is an exceed- 



1807 



1808 



ingly distinct and very handsome species, by no means liable to vary in the 

 form of its foliage, like what may be called the natural species of European 

 and American oaks. It is rather more tender than Q. Cerris Lucombeana, 

 but, nevertheless, it retains its foliage nearly as long as that species ; and, as 

 it appears from a tree of each, of the same age and size, and planted at the 

 same time, perhaps thirty years ago, in the Hammersmith Nursery, it grows 

 with nearly equal rapidity. At the same time, it is right to state that Mr. 

 Rivers, jun., considers it rather slow-growing; a tree in the Sawbridge- 



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