1844 MtBORETUM AND FKUT1CETUM. PART 111. 



aiul sheep; while those of the common species, in the same pasture, are 

 eaten. The wood makes excellent fuel. There are plants in the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden, which, in spring, when their leaves are expanding, 

 are of ver\ great beauty and singularity ; and the species, on that account, 

 well deserves culture as an ornamental tree. There are some small trees, 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, C it. or 8 ft. high. In France, in 

 Brittany, at .Barres, 8 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. In Genuany, at 

 Briick on the Leytha, near Vienna, 15 years from the acorn, it is Gft. high. 

 In Italy, at Monza, 1(5 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. There are some 

 plants at Messrs. Loddiges's ; and, in the catalogue of the Kensington Nur- 

 sery tor 1834, seedling plants are marked at 50*. per thousand. At present 

 we are not aware of plants being in any nursery, except a few at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's ; but acorns may be had from Paris or Bourdeaux in abundance ; 

 and there is scarcely a species of the genus more deserving of culture, for 

 the beauty of its spring foliage. 



Varieties. In the Nonvcau Du Hamcl three are mentioned: — 1. With large 

 acorns, on peduncles, axillary and terminal ; 2. With axillary acorns of a 

 middle size ; and, 3. With small acorns, on long racemes. Desvaux, in the 

 Journal de Botanique for 1808, mentions Q. Taitzin laciniata, having jagged 

 leaves; and Q. T. digitata, having digitate leaves. Bosc speaks of a dried 

 specimen in his possession, which he thinks may belong to the true chene 

 Angoumois; which, he says, is often confounded with Q. Tauzin and Q. 

 C'erris. To this specimen he has given the name of Q. Lfgeris, or chene 

 ligerien. In the London Horticultural Society's Garden there is an oak 

 which was received from M. Schammes of Pesth, in Hungary, under the 

 name of Q. conferta, which appears to belong to Q. pyrenaica; but, not 

 having seen the fruit, we cannot be quite certain of this. 



\ 4. Q. apenni'na Lam. The Apennine Oak. 



liU-ntifkation. Lam. Diet. Encycl., 1. p. 725. ; N. Du Ham., 



7. p. 177. ; Bosc Mdm. sur les Chencs. 

 Synonymcs. Q. conglomcrata I'ers. ; Chene hi vernal, Fr. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 7. t. 53. ; and our Jig. 1G98. 

 Spec. Char., SfC. Leaves oval-oblong, petiolatcd, sinuated, pu- 

 bescent beneath, bordered with obtuse lobes, somewhat 



angular. Acorns oval, disposed along a short peduncle. 



{Lam.) The leaves are exceedingly woolly beneath; the 



acorns small, almost globular, and sometimes borne to the 



number of 8 or 10 on one peduncle, not above 1 in. in 



length. The tree does not attain a large size, seldom ex- 

 ceeding theiheight of 20 ft. According to the Nouvcau Du 



Iliu/trl, it is intermediate between Q. sessilifldra pubescens 



and Q. pedunculata. Bosc says it is very distinct from Q. 



pedunculata, and from every other species of Qudrcus. He 



found it in abundance, he says, on the mountains in the 



neighbourhood of Lyons ; and it is also indigenous to Italy 



and to the Levant It Is always found in dry places, on 



sandy or stony soils. There are plants in Paris and at 



\ r -allies, and in the Bois de Boulogne. The name is in 



Hritish catalogues ; but no year is given for its introduction, 



nor have we ever seen or heard of a plant of it. Acorns 



might, doubtless, be obtained through M. Vilmorin ; and, 



being of small size, it would appear to be a most desirable 

 Dl a suburban garden, or to represent the European 



division of the genus QuitCVM in a miniature arboretum. 



t 5. Q. E'bCULV8 L. The Esculus, or Italian, Oak. 



I,lrnt>Ji<:nh<m. Lin. Sp. I'l., 1411. j Willd., No. fi.'J. ; Ait., No. 22. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 176\ ; Rces's 

 ( yc)., No 70 



ymts. Phlgua Z'lCUlllf, man ct Tom, DaUch, Hi'.st., 5. ; Chene grec, Fr. 

 I j. rttwikM Pmn esca, food. The E'sCUlui Of the classics if by some taken for the beech tree; but 

 the U ./.' < Hi H Of Unnanu il now believed to be theVhagos of Theophrastus, which he expressly 

 lays ii a kind of oak. 



wtng$. Our Jigs. 1099. ■nd J7W.; and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated, smooth ; paler beneath ; 



meotl bluntish, somewhat angular at the base. Fruit nearly sessile. 



Calyi ><al\, hemispherical. (Smith.) A native of the south of Europe; 



from 20(t. to 30ft. high. Cultivated by Miller, in 1739; and flowering in 



ni ... Acorn har< been produced on the trees of (i. 22'sculus in thellor- 



