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ing much earlier than others, though growing upon the 

 same quality of soil and within a few yards of each other,* 

 and many remain green long after others have assumed 

 the autumnal russet tint, or entirely lost their leaves ; 

 differences of form are also observable, some preserving 

 a round or globular head, others a more fastigiate and 

 upright growth ; in short, innumerable variations and modi- 

 fications in all the particulars above-mentioned, may be 

 observed in Oak woods of any considerable extent. Among 

 the different varieties of the common Oak enumerated by 

 authors, the Quer. fastigiata appears one of the most dis- 

 tinct and remarkable, resembling, in its general form and 

 growth, the cypress, or the Lombardy poplar, and on this 

 account is named by the French, Chene cypres. It is a 

 native of the Pyrenees, where it was observed by Captain 

 Cook, now Captain Widdrington, R. N., and is also met 

 with in the Landes near Bordeaux, and in the Basse 

 Navarre. The Pendulous Oak, of Moccas Court, Hereford- 

 shire, is another interesting variety, and we may remark, 

 that most of the plants raised from the acorns of the 

 parent tree partake, in a greater or less degree, of its 

 weeping character. There is also a laciniated or Cut- 

 leaved Oak, another with variegated leaves, and a third 

 with leaves tinged with purple when they first expand, 

 enumerated among the varieties of this tree, by Loudon, 

 in the "Arboretum Britannicum." 



* At Twizell, there is an instance of an Oak of this kind, Quer.pedunculata, 

 that invariably conies into leaf nearly three weeks earlier than any of its neigh- 

 bours. The Cadenham Oak, in the New Forest, annually expands a few leaves 

 at Christmas. 



