PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



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From specimens of this fine oak sent to Messrs. Standish and 

 Noble by Mr. Fortune, we presume that it forms a tree with the 

 habit of the Evergreen Oak. The leaves are deep green, covered 

 with a short glaucous down on the under side, but quite smooth and 

 shining on the upper ; they are always contracted into a short blunt 

 cusp at the point, where they ai'e also sometimes serrated. The cups 

 of the acorns are much like those of the Evergreen Oak, but the 

 acorns are wider at the upper than at the lower end. The male 

 flowers are produced at the ends of the same branches as carry the 

 females, but are much more compactly arranged, forming long downy 

 tails. The inflorescence consists of many such branches produced at 

 the points of the shoots. The female flowers are tolerably regularly 

 sessile in threes. 



Quercus scleuophylla. An evergreen Oak 

 from the north of China, sent by Mr. Fortune to 

 Messrs. Standish and Noble. (Fig. 32.) 



Q. sclerophylla ; sempervirens, ramis glabris, foliis petiolatis 

 coriaceis glabris acuminatis obtusis ultra medium grosse serratis 

 supra lsevibus subtus glauco-pubescentibus, glandibus spicatis pubes- 

 centibus sphsericis paulo ultra cupulam protrujis, cupulis tomentosis 

 squamis elevatis quasi tuberculatis. 



A much finer oak than the last, Avith a very peculiar aspect. 

 Some of the leaves are six inches long and nearly three inches broad ; 

 their texture is that of a Spanish Chestnut, but thicker ; their colour 

 rich bright green on the upper side, and glaucous with fine down on 



