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SELECT PLANTS EEADILY ELIGIBLE 



Pyrus salicifolia, Linne. 



Greece, Turkey, Persia, South- West Russia. Though it» 

 fruit, which slowly mollifies, is edible, this tree is mainly 

 utilised as a superior stock for grafting. 



Quercus ^gilops, Linne. 



South Europe, also Syria. A nearly e-^ergi-een tree of the 

 size of the British Oak. The cups, known as Yalonia, used 

 for tanning and dyeing; the unripe acorns, as Camata or 

 Camatena, for the same purpose. The ripe acorns are eaten 

 raw or boiled. The wood is capital for furniture. 



Quercus agrifolia. Nee. 



California and Mexico. One of the most magnificent among 

 evergreen Oaks, with dense, widely-spreading foliage. 



Quercus alba, Linne.* 



The White or Quebec Oak. A most valuable timber-tree, 

 100 feet high; diameter of stem seven feet. Wood in use by 

 shipbuilders, wheelwrights, coopers and other artisans. 



Quercus annulata, Smith. 



A large evergreen Oak of Nepal, which provides a very good 

 timber. It does not ascend quite so high as Q. incana. Q. 

 spicata (Smith), another very large Himalayan Oak, ascends 

 only to 5000 feet; it is known also from Borneo, Java and 

 Sumatra. 



Quercus aquatica, Walter. 



North America. Height of tree sixty feet; it furnishes a 

 superior bark for tanning, also wood for ship-building. 



Quercus Castanea, Nee. 



The Mexican Chestnut-Oak. It furnishes also edible acorns. 



Quercus Cerris, Linne. 



South Europe, South- West Asia. Of the height of the 

 English Oak, in suitable locaKties of quick growth. The 

 foliage deciduous, or also evergreen. The wood available for 

 wheelwrights, cabinetmakers, turners, coopers; also for 

 building purposes. Structure of the wood similar to that of the 

 British Oak; the sapwood larger, the heartwood of a more 

 saturated brown, and the large rays more numerous, giving 

 it a most varied and beautiful wainscot grain (Brandis). 



Quercus Chinensis, Bunge. 



North China. One of the hardiest among the evergreen 

 Oaks. 



