chap. cv. corylaVjeme. que'rcus. 1905 



90ft — In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Newbattle Abbey, it is 15ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk t ft. 9 in., and the head 70 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, it is loft, high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted, it is 1 1 it. high, raised 

 from acorns gathered by Lord Dalhousie, while he rode over the field of battle at Salamanca • and 

 sent home in 1812. — South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Fullerton, it is in ft high the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft,, and of the head 26 ft. ; another, 120 years old, is Ml ft. high, and the diameter of the 

 trunk is 3ft. In the stewartry of Kircudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 35 ft.; at Bargallyij one with a trunk 11 ft. sin. in circumference - 

 at Cassincarrie, it is 40 ft. high, with a trunk Oft. fi in. in circumference. — North of Edinburgh. Iii 

 Aberdeenshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39 ft. 

 In Banffshire, at Cullen House, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 30 ft. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in. In Fifeshire, at Kaith 

 House, it is :)5il. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 23 ft. In Ross-shire at 

 Brahan Castle, 20ft. high, the diameter of the trunk lOin. In Stirlingshire, at Braham Castle 

 26 ft. high, the girt of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 20ft — In Ireland, in the environs 

 of Dublin, in the Glasncvin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. ; at Castletown, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 54 ft. 

 — South of Dublin, in the county of Cork, at Castle Freke, 26 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 33 ft. In Kilkenny, at Borris, it is 40 ft. high, the 

 circumference of the trunk 11 ft., and the diameter of the head 54 ft. — North of Dublin. In the'eounty 

 of Antrim, at Echlinville, 37 years planted, it is 39 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 8 ft., and 

 the diameter of the head 43 ft.. In Down, at Moira, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. b' in., 

 -and that of the head 35ft. In Fermanagh, at Castle Coole, 33ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft., and of the head 21 ft.— In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 40 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk I ft., and of the head 20 ft. ; another, 130 years old, is 42 ft. high, with a 

 trunk 5 ft. in circumference ; at Sceaux, 30 years old, it is 30 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diame- 

 ter, and the diameter of the head 20 ft. ; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 40 years planted, it 

 is 39 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 28 ft.— In Austria, near Vienna 

 at Kopenzel, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. 



Recorded Trees. At Wilton House, Q. Tlex, in 1816, had a trunk 10 ft. in circumference ; and one 

 at Chichester, planted by Colonel Brcreton, in 1766, had a trunk 7 ft. high, and 7 ft. 6 in. in circum- 

 ference, (ioodwood Park Lodge, near Chichester, is covered by a screen of evergreen oaks, in the 

 form of a square, 10ft. thick, and 30ft. high. {Mitch. Bend., p. 224.) In Scotland, at Bargally in 

 Galloway, Q. /Mex, measured in 1780, was 50ft. high, with a clear trunk of 12 ft., which measured 

 6 ft. 3 in. in circumference at 4 ft, from the ground : it had at that time many acorns on it. (Walker.) 

 In Ireland, at Mount Asher, there wee some evergreen oaks, which, in 1794, had trunks from 6 ft. to 

 8 ft. in circumference. At Kilruddcry, the Q. .Plex grows as well as in Italy ; and there are very 

 large trees of it. (Id., p. 124. and 132.) 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. 

 high, in pots, are 75s. per hundred ; or single plants from Gd. to 2s. each, 

 according to their size; and acorns are 20s. per bushel. At Bollwyller, where 

 it is tender, plants are 1 franc and 50 cents; and at New York, where they 

 are 1 dollar each, they are noticed in Prince's Catalogue as requiring protec- 

 tion in winter. 



A 30. Q. Bailout a Desf. The sweet Acorn Oak. 



Identification. Desf. Atl., 2. p. 350. ; Hist, des Arb., 2. p. 506. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 432. : N. Du 



Ham., 7. p. 157. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 31. 

 Synonymes. ? I s \cx major Clus. Hist., 1. t. 23. ; Chene a Glands doux, Chene Ballote, Fr. 

 Derivation. The term BaUbta seems to be a modification of the Spanish word bcllota, which means 



acorns generally. 

 Engravings. Our figs. 1783. and 1784., the latter being a sprig, and the former a leaf of the natural 



size, both taken from a specimen of the original tree, planted by Desfontaines in the Jardin des 



Plantes, at Paris. 



Spec. Char. y Sfc. Leaves elliptical, coriaceous, denticulated, or entire; downy 

 beneath. Bark even. Nut cylindrical, elongated. (Desf. and Smith.) A 

 tree, growing 20 ft. or 30 ft. high, with a trunk from 3 ft. to 6 ft. in circum- 

 ference. The branches are covered with a bark 

 somewhat furrowed, of a brownish grey ; and the f^ 

 general form of the head of the tree is oval, or y* 

 roundish. The leaves are coriaceous, with shortf 

 footstalks, generally rounded at the summit, rarely 

 pointed ; smooth above, and cottony and white be- 

 neath ; entire or denticulated in their margins. The 

 female flowers arc solitary, or in clusters, in the 

 axils of the young shoots. The acorns are sessile, 

 or on short peduncles ; the fruit is from 8 to 20 lines 

 in length, and from 4 to 6 lines in breadth. The 



nuts are enclosed at the base in a hemispherical cup, covered with obtuse 

 scales, which are cottony, numerous, and very closely imbricated. This 

 oak was discovered by Desfontaines, in Barbary, and it is said to be closely 

 allied to Q. P\ex ; from which, however, it differs in its leaves being more 

 white and cottony beneath, and of a more coriaceous texture ; and in its 



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