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dinary fact, considering that full grown trees of it seventy-five feet 
high exist in England, and that, according to Loudon, it generally 
comes true from seed. If grafts can be procured, they may be put 
into the tops of our common white oaks. 
The Upright Oak. Q. p. fastigiata . — A tree of extremely 
fastigiate habit, the most so of any of the oaks, but much less 
slender than the Lombardy poplar, with which it is sometimes com- 
pared. Though a native of the Pyrenees, it is hardy at Rochester, 
N. Y., and makes about the same annual growth as our white oak. 
The leaves and branches are small and numerous. 
The Mossy-cupped Turkey Oaks. Q. The variety of 
what are called Turkey oaks in England is large, and 
some of the most beautiful specimens of oaks grown 
during this century are of one or another variety of 
this species. Fig. loo illustrates the common form of 
the young tree, and the leaf. It is distinguished from 
the British oak (which it resembles more than any 
other) by longer, straighter, and more upright branches, 
and more rapid growth. Judging by the specimens to 
be seen in this country, we do not perceive any strik- 
ing peculiarity or beauty that should cause them to 
be preferred, in pleasure-grounds, to many of our 
native oaks. 
There is an English variety, the Q. c. pejidula., the branches of 
which “ not only droop to the ground, but, after touching it, creep 
along the surface to some distance like those of the sophora japo7iica 
pe7idula ” (Loudon). It grows to thirty or forty feet in height. 
There are also variegated-leaved varieties, but of little value. 
The Japan Purple Oak. Q. alba atropurpiirea jap07iica . — Our 
attention has recently been called to this new tree from Japan. It 
promises to be the most brilliant member of the oak family. In 
the nursery of Parsons & Co., at Flushing, L. I., the little trees had 
as bright and clear a purple tint in September ( 1867 ), purple 
beech shows in May and June. It was considered quite hardy. 
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