Davis : Facts Concerning Hybrid Oaks hi 



last lot of acorns all came from the same tree. After these acorns 

 had been drying for some months it was discovered that they 

 showed intermediate color characters of much interest. That 

 is to say they were not as dark as in nana, nor as light as in 

 marylandica. In September, 1912, the trees were again visited, 

 and another collection of acorns secured, which now after drying 

 several months show the same intermediate color characters as 

 did the first lot. 



There are many hybrid oaks to be found in the vicinity of 

 Jamesburg, N. J. Of the above mentioned cross there have been 

 about six examples discovered. An occasional hybrid between 

 Quercus phellos and some other member of the red oak group is 

 to be found, and at Matchaponix a few miles to the east, there 

 are some fine examples of such trees. To the southeast, namely at 

 Farmingdale, grow the hybrids between Quercus nana X phellos; 

 also Quercus phellos X digitata, first described in these Pro- 

 ceedings for February, 1907. 



