8. QuERCUS', CdfianeA foliisy pro- 

 cera Armory Viygi?iiana. Fluh, Phyt 

 Virginian Oak, with Chefnui; 

 Leaves. 



9. QuERCUs ; alba^ Vlrginiana. 

 Park. Theat. The white or iron 

 Oak of Virginia. 



10. QuERCUSi Virginidneti falkis 

 longiore folio, fruciu minimo^ Pluk, 

 Amalth. Virginian Willow- le^v'd 

 Oak. 



1 1 . QuERCus } pUmiliSy Cdjlanes. 

 folio Virginienfis. Fluk* Almag. The 



Chinquapin Oak. 



The two firft Sorts are common 

 in England, but the Sort whofe 

 Acorns groW on fliort Footftalks, 

 is lefs frequent than the other. I 

 have ieen leverai Trees of that Kind 

 near Dulroich in Surry, but whether 

 the Acorns of this Sort will pro- 

 duce Trees of the lame Kind, I 

 cannot determine. The Sort with 

 ftrip'd Leaves was obtain'd by Ac- 

 cident, but may be propagated by 

 budding or grafting it upon the 

 common Oakj the Leaves of this 

 are generally variegated with white 

 in a molt beautiful Manner, and the 

 Tree is efteem'd a great Curioiity 

 by fuch as delight in variegated 

 Plants. 



The fourth Kind deferves a Place 

 in WildernefTcs, amongft other Sorts 

 of ever-green Trees, where it will 

 make a beautiful Appearance, but 

 the Timber is not near lb good as 

 that of the common Sort. 



The fifth Kmd was originally 

 brought into England from Spain, 

 but is hardy enough to endure the 

 Cold of our Winters very Well: 

 This is prelerved by fu h as are 

 curious in colle^ing the feveral 

 Kinds of Trees. 



The other Sorts have been brought 

 from America, (where there are a 

 Variety of different O^ks) and are 

 very hardy: Many of thera are of 



Vot, Ho 



quicker Growth than the commora 

 Sort, and although their Timber is 

 not fo good, yet they delerve a 

 Place in large Wilderneires, vvhere 

 they will afford an agrefeable Variety; 

 As thcfe Trees are propagated fromt 

 Acorns, fo rhofe Perlbns vviio are 

 delirous to cultivate 'em, lliould 

 endeavour to obtain the Acorns 

 frefh from America, which muff be 

 put up in Sand, to prelerve them 

 during their Pallage j and whea 

 they arrive in England, they fhould 

 be put into the Ground imme- 

 diately, othervvife they i^o feldom 

 grow. 



Belides the Sorts of Oah here- 

 mentioned, there are divers others 

 which are produced in Icveral Parts 

 of Europe, and differ in the Shape 

 and Size of their Leaves and Fruit; 

 but theie are not to be found in any 

 of our Engliflj Plantations at prefent; 

 though, when I was at Leyden in 

 Holland, in the Year 172.7, I law 

 above forty Sorts of Oaks, in the 

 curious Garden of the learned 

 Dr. Bderhdave, near Leyden, moll of 

 which were in a very proiperous 

 Condition, and had endured the 

 Cold ot that Climate two or three 

 Years, in the open Air -, £0 that if 

 thefe were procured in England^ 

 they would be equally as hardy as 

 the common Sort, and atdd to the 

 Variety of our Plantations. 



All the Sorts of Oaks are propa- 

 gated from Acorns, v^hich iTiould 

 be Ibwn as loon as polTible, wheni 

 they are ripe i for if they are kept 

 long out of the Ground, they feldonx 

 grow. 



The Manner of fowing thefe 

 Acorns (if deligned for a fmaii 

 Pianta:tion, to be removed) is, to 

 prepare a Bed or two of frefli Earth, 

 neither too ftrong arid heavy, nor 

 too light and dry ,• in thelc &cds 

 you Ihould place the Scorns about 



