1842 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



wh.it la probably the largest oak in Ireland ; since it measures 28ft. iii circumference at 6 ft. from the 

 ■round, it Is much decayed, and has lost much of its height and many branches. At Shane's 

 Castle, the seal of K.iri O'Neill, d pedunculata is tort, high, with a trunk 15 ft. in girt at 4 ft. from 

 the around, and a bead 8* ft in diameter; and d Bessilifl6rals68ft high, 16 ft. 6 in. in girt, and 



the head 90ft in diameter. Both are young trees in a healthy growing state; and Q. sessilifldra, 

 In particular, ia the years 1K;m and lS.Ui, made a general growth throughout its branches of from 

 9 in. to t ft. Sin. In the county of Down, at Hillsborough Castle, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 

 nearU U ft in circumference, and clear of branches to the height of 25 ft. ; at Moira, it is 60 ft. high, 

 •rith a trunk about loft, in circumference, and a head 68ft In diameter. In Fermanagh, at 

 Florence Court, it is 70 tt. high; girt of the trunk IS ft and diameter of the head 80 ft.: at 

 Castle Coote, a young oak is 75 ft high, With a trunk 12 ft Sin. in girt, it is a thriving tree; 

 another, much shattered bv lightning, is JH> ft. high, with a trunk 10 ft. l> in. in circumference. In 

 Louth, at Dundalk, is an oak 60 rt. high ; circumference of the trunk, at 1 rt. from the ground, 15 ft. ; 

 at 19ft., 10 rt. ; diameter of the head S4 tt. In the county of Sligo the oaks are small, but remark- 

 able for the closeness and tincness of the grain of their timber. One at Mackree Castle is 30 ft. high, 

 with a trunk about 7 tt. m circumference, and a head 75ft in diameter. In Westmcath, at Paken- 

 ham Hall, the scat of the Kail of Longford. (I pedunculata is 80 ft. high, with a trunk perfectly 

 clear from knots or branches tor 31 ft ; girting 12ft. at 1ft. from the ground, and 6 ft. at 31 ft., 

 |uat be l ow the swelling of the branches. The trunk is perfectly straight, and the tree, which is in 

 a healthy and growing state, is about !»t> years old. 



IV Ihitish Oak in Foreign Countries. In France, at Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 48 years 

 planted, it is 60ft high ; the girt of the trunk 12ft In Brittany, at Barres, on the estate of M. 

 Yilinorin, 11 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at Avranches, d. sessilifOlia, 

 •0 \ears planted, is 39 ft high; the circumference of the trunk 8ft., and the diameter of the 

 head Hft In Saxony, at Worlitz, Q. sessilifolia, 330 years old, is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 27 ft. in 

 circumference. In the Grand-Duchy of Nassau, 

 near Weisbaden, is a very remarkable weep- 

 ing oak, of which we have been furnished with 

 a sketch (from which our fig. 1695. is reduced), 

 by the Honourable Mrs. VVrightson, of Warns, 

 worth Hall, near Doncaster, daughter of Lord 

 Wahnngham: — " It is a large handsome tree, 

 the great peculiarity of which is, that all the lower 

 branches are very long, slender, and pendulous, 

 more like those of a weeping birch than of oaks in 

 general. It is a solitary tree, with no other oaks 

 near it ; and it stands on grass by the side of the 

 road. There is a legend attached to the tree, that 

 two lovers, while taking shelter under it, were 

 struck by lightning, and that the tree has wept 

 ever since." In Bavaria, at Munich, in the English 

 Garden, '200 years old, it is 40ft. high, circum- 

 ference of the trunk 7 ft. (> in., and diameter of the 

 head 40 ft.; in the Botanic Garden, another {Q. 

 pedunculata), 81 years old, is 20ft high, and 

 the girt of the trunk 24 in. ; and O. sessiliflbra, 

 aUo 84 years old, is 18 ft. high, and the circumference ot the trunk 1ft. 6 in. In Austria, near 

 Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 180 years old, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 15 ft. in circumference, 

 and a head 80ft. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Pfauen Insel, 100 years old, it is 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 12 ft. in circumference, and a head 36 ft. in diameter. In Sweden, at Lund, in 

 the Botanic Garden, it is 5b' ft. high ; ;thc circumference of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of 

 the head 3fift. In Russia, in the Government Garden at Odessa, 12 years planted, (I. sessiliflora is 

 16ft. high, and the girt of the trunk 15 in. ; and Q. pedunculata is 17 ft. high, girt of the trunk 

 12 in. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 50 years old, Q. sessiliflora is 65 ft. high, the circumference 

 of the trunk 7 ft., and the diameter of the head 44 ft. ; and Q. pedunculata is 60 ft. high, girt of the 

 trunk 7 ft., and diameter of the head 10 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Acorns, in London, are from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per 

 bushel. Plants (two-) ears-old seedlings), 10s. per thousand; transplanted, 

 and from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 40s. per thousand. At Bollwyller, acorns of the 

 species are from 2 to 3 francs per bushel ; and plants of the varieties are from 

 1 franc to 3 francs each. At New York plants are 50 cents each. 



¥ 3. Q. PYBENA1CA Willd. The Pyrenean Oak. 



l.hnlijinittun Will, I., No. (,7. , N. Du Ham., 7. p. 17!).; Kees's Cycl., No. 75. 

 yn i, '!,"< <i J'ltuziu Pera. Syn , 2. p. 571.; U. nigra Thorc Chlor. Lund., 38 J. ; (I. Tbsa Bosc 

 .loom Wet Nat., 2. p. 155. ; Q. stolonifera Lapeur. l'l. 1'yr., 582. ; Chcne noir Secondat. 



Engravimgt, Becondat Hem. du Chene, t. 2. anil t. 5. ; & Du Ham., 7. t. £6. ; Bosc Joum. Hist. 



| 1. & , and our fig. l(i!J(i. 



Spec. Cliar. y SfC Leaves oblong, pinnatiful, stalked; downy beneath ; some- 

 what heart-shaped and unequal at the base; lobes obtuse, slightly toothed. 

 bruit stalked. (Willrf.) A low tree, a native of the Pyrenees. Introduced 

 in IH^>. This species forms a smaller tree than Q. pedunculata or Q. 



.iliflora; from both of which it is distinguished by its roots, which run 

 chiefly near the surface, and throw up suckers. The trunk seldom aLtains 



ii ater circumference than from (> ft. to f) ft. The bark is dark-coloured 

 ■ad (happed. The leaves are petiolated ; and the acorns are borne on 

 POOH peduncles, generally two together. The tree is readily known, from 



tnnnc) upwards, from every other oak, in spring, by the dense covering 



