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Hollick is given in the Pro. S. I. Assn. of Arts and Sciences.^ 

 Since 1917 it has been examined by several nature clubs in 

 their visits to the Clove Valley, and it is probably the most 

 noteworthy tree on Staten Island owned by the city of New 

 York in its park lands. 



The acorn from which the Clove Valley hybrid oak grew 

 came from near Bedell Ave., close to the present Boulevard, 

 and between Richmond Valley and the Billopp House. There 

 are a number of hybrid oaks still standing at that locality 

 that were discovered by the writer in 1888, and have since 

 been visited by botanists on numerous occasions. They are 

 described in the Proceedings of the Natural Science Associa- 

 tion of Staten Island in September and October, 1888 — and 

 further noted in subsequent issues. 



In the Proceedings of the Staten Island Institute of Arts 

 and Sciences for October, 1918, there is an illustrated paper 

 on "A Second Station for Hybrid Oaks on the Western End 

 of Staten Island," wherein two additional trees of Quercus 

 heterophylla are recorded as growing near the railroad station 

 at Richmond Valley, but to the north of the tracks. At that 

 time each of these trees was nearly four feet in circumference 

 about three feet from the ground. I am pleased to state that 

 they are still standing. 



The discovery of hybrid oaks on the westerly end of the 

 Island where the willow oak has been one of the parents, 

 is not nearly as remarkable as the finding of a tree like the 

 one at W'esterleigh so far removed from any known tree of 

 that species. How it came to be there cannot at present be 

 explained. 



1 \'ol. VII, pp. 32-44, October, 1917, with photographs of the tree. 



