886 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Flowers and acorns have been produced in the Mile End Nursery. 
The leaves vary considerably in size, but not much in form, or in the cha- 
racter of their margins, Readily propagated by grafting on the common oak, 
from which, in summer, it can scarcely be distinguished at a distance, as its 
branches andleaves are so similar ; but, in winter, its thick, glossy, and strictly 
evergreen foliage has a fine effect. On the whole, it is an exceedingly distinct 
and very handsome tree, by no means liable to vary in the form of its foliage, 
like what may be called the natural species of European and American oaks. 
It is rather more tender than Q. Cérris Lucombeana, but, nevertheless, it retains 
its foliage nearly as long as that species. 
¥ 2 36. Q. ny’BRIDA NA‘'NA. The dwarf hybrid Oak. 
Synonymes. Q. h¥brida Lodd. Cat. 1836; Q. “a hybrid between Q. pedunculata and Q. I‘lex, in 
the Horticultural Society’s.Garden ;”” Q. himilis ‘Hort. ; Q. nana Hort. 
Engravings. Our figs. 1627. and 1628. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtusely dentate, smooth, and of 
the same colour on both sides. Footstalks short. A sub-evergreen bush. 
Found, about 1825, in a bed of seedling oaks in the Bristol Nursery, where 
the original plant, in May, 1837, was between 8 ft. and 9ft. high, with a 
trunk 8 in. in circumference at 1 ft. from the ground. Flowers ?. 
In summer, the leaves, at a distance, bear a considerable resemblance to 
those of the common oak ; but, on a nearer inspection, they appear as in jig. 
1627. or in fig. 1628.: the first from the specimen tree in the Hackney arbo- 
retum, and the second from the arboretum at Milford. Towards the autumn, 
those shoots which have con- 
tinued growing exhibit leaves 
on their extremities so exactly 
like those of Q. Tarneri, that 
it is altogether impossible to 
1627. 1628. Q. hbrida nana. 1629. 
make any distinction between them. Propagated by grafting on the common 
oak. Fig. 1629. exhibits leaves (a, 4) taken from the extremities of the 
shoots, in different parts of the same plan : 
B. Natives of North America. 
§ ix. Viréntes. Live Oaks. 
Sect. Char. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; dentate, and variously cut when young; 
but, on full-grown trees, quite entire. Bark smooth, black. Fructification 
biennial. Cup imbricate. Nut long. Low trees or shrubs ; rather tender 
in Britain, and not attaining a timber-like size north of London. 
2 37. Q. vi'rens Ait. The green, or Live, Oak. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., 3 p. 356. ; Pursh Se i 
. Kew., ed. 1., 3. p. 356. ; pt., p. 626. ; Michx. .. No. 6. 
ae Q. Phéllos @ Lin. Sp. Pl, 1412. 3 Q. sempervirens Banéstor ae femupeeoe: Brit. 
Engravings. Michx. Quer., t. 10, 11.; N. A ; i i 
lavedie VoLenk ces oe et ie Tee Syl., 1. t. 12. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 
ae Char. $c. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, revolute, entire, point- 
ee ; obtuse at the base ; clothed with starry down beneath. Fruit stalked. 
ut oblong. (Willd.) An evergreen tree. ' North America, in the maritime 
