QUA 



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QUE 



Q. pit' tula (spreading). 6. Scarlet. Mexico. 

 1826. Evergreen. 



sangui'nea (bloody). 10. Crimson. July. 



Santa Cruz. 1812. Evergreen, 



STOVE ANNUAL TWINEKS. 



Q. cocci'nea (scarlet). 10. Scarlet. August. 

 S. America. 1818. 



digita'ta (hand-team*)- 10. Purple. Sep. 



tember. W. Indies. 



hederifo'lia (Ivy-leaved). 10. Violet. July. 



W. Indies. 1773. 



lutc'ola (yellowish). 10. Orange, yellow. 



August. Guatemala. 1759- 



phaeni'cea (crimson). Crimson. June. E. 



Indies. 1806. 



sero'tinu (la.te-blooming) . Orange. July. 



Mexico. 1824. 



tri'loba (three-lobed). 10. Violet. July. 



S. America. 1752. 



vulga'ris (common). Scarlet. September. 



E. Indies. 1629. 



albifto'ra (white-flowered). White. 



September. E. Indies. 1629. 



QUA'SSIA. (From the name of a 

 slave [Quassi] who first used the bark 

 as a febrifuge. Nat. ord., Quassiads 

 [Simarubaceee]. Linn., W-Decandria 

 l-Monoyynia.) 



Stove evergreen tree, the source of the well- 

 known Quassia chips, used for poisoning flies ; 

 the bitter has also been substituted for hops. 

 Cuttings of ripe shoots, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, in heat ; sandy rich loam, and fibry peat. 

 Winter temp., 55 to 65 ; summer, 65 to 90. 



Q, ama'ra (bitter). 20. Red. June. Gui- 

 ana. 1/90. 



QUENOUILLE is a fruit tree, with a 

 central stem, and its branches trained 

 in horizontal tiers, the lowest being the 

 longest, and the others gradually les- 

 sening in length as they do in age ; so 

 that the tree, like a spruce fir, acquires 

 a pyramidal form. 



QUEECITEON. Que'rcw tincto'ria. 



QUE 'ECUS. The Oak. (From the 

 Celtic quer, fine, and cuez, a tree. Nat. 

 ord,, Mastworts [Corylaceae]. Linn., 

 21-Monoscia Q-Polyandria.) 



By acorns, sown as they drop from the tree ; 

 or collected, dried, and kept packed in sand, in 

 a dry place, until the following March, when 

 they may be sown in rows, and covered half-an- 

 inch deep ; deep loamy soil they like best. Par- 

 ticular varieties are kept up by grafting. 



Q. M'gilops(2Es&ovs. Velonia). 20. Levant 

 1731. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 



pe'ndula (drooping). 



agrifo'lia (scabby-leaved). May. Mexico. 



1837. 



a'lba (white). 60. May. N.America. 1724 



pinnati'fida (deeply-cuWeaued). 60 



May. W. America. 1724. 



Q. a'lba repa'nda (wavy./eawed). 60. May. N. 

 America. 



ambi'gua (ambiguous). 60. May. N. Ame- 



rica. 1800. 



Apenni'na (Apennine). 40. May. South 



Europe. 



aqua' tica man' tima (sea.). 40. N.America. 



na'na (dwarf). 12. May. N. 

 America. 1738. 



austra'lis (southern). May. Portugal. 1835. 



Ballo'tta (Ballotta. Barbary). 60. May. 



Barbary. 



twyci'na (/ar?e-calyxed). May. Europe. 



castaneeefo' lia (Chestnut-leaved). 60, Cri- 



mea, 1846. 

 Castell'ana (Castile), May. Europe. 



Catesba'i (Catesby's). 15. May. N.Ame- 



rica. 1823. 



Ce'rris (Bitter Oak). 50. May. S.Europe. 



1735. 



-Austri'aca (Austrian). 40. May. 



Austria. 1824. 



- ca'na ma'jor (larger-hoary-teoved) . 

 May. S. Europe. 



- ca'na mi'nor (lesser - hoary - leaved) . 

 May. S.Europe. 



- Fulhame'nsis (Fulham). 80. May. 

 Fulham. 



-pe'ndula (drooping). 50. May. S. 



Europe. 



-Ra'gnal (Ragnal). 50. May. Ragnal. 



- variega'ta (variegated-teaued). 50. 

 May. S. Europe. 



-vulga'ris (common). 50. May. 8. 

 Europe. 1735. 



cocci'fera (Hermes-bearing). 10. May. 



S. Europe. 1683. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 50. May. N.America. 



1691. 



Coo'kii (Captain Cook's). Gibraltar. 1835. 



crena'ta (scalloped). May. Portugal. 



dealba'ta (whitened). May. Nepaul. 1828. 



digita'ta (hunti-leaved). April. Europe. 



e'sculus (eatable. Italian). 40. May. S. 



Europe. 1739* 



expa'nsa (spreading). May. S.Europe. 

 fagi'nea (Beech-like). S. Europe. 1824. 

 -falca'ta (sickle-shaped). 80. May. N. 



America. 1763. 



glau'ca (milky- green). Japan. 1822, 



Gramu'ntia (Grammont). 40. June. 



France. 1736. 



haliphle'os (sea-side). April. France. 



hemisphe'ricu (half-globe). May. Mexico. 



1816. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 40. May. 



N. America. 



1'lex (Holly. Evergreen). 60. 



France. 1581. 

 cri'.tpa (cMtleA'leaved) . 60, 



France. 

 fagifo'lia (Beech-leaved). 



S.France. 1781. 

 integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). 



S. France. 1581. 

 ~ latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 60. 



S.France. 1781. 



_ -longifo'lia (long- leaved). 



serratifo'lia (saw-leaved). 60. 



S. France. 1781. 

 - variega'ta (variegated-/eaM). 



;Holly.leaYed).6. N. America. 1800. 



May. 

 , May. S. 

 60. May. 

 60. May. 

 May. 



May. 



