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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
MR. COPE’S WHITE OAK TREE. 
Few people, in this land of Oaks, ever think of plant- 
ing any but the evergreen varieties for ornamental pur- 
poses ; and yet it cannot be denied that the above engrav- 
ing represents a specimen of the White Oak fit to embel 
lish the grounds of the most tasteful country resident. A 
writer in the HurticulUirist thus describes it : 
“ I have been so impressed with the injustice which 
our White Oak suffers from planters of ornamental trees, 
who very rarely indeed include it in their lists of ‘desir- 
able’ which they occasionally hand to their nurserymen, 
that I have taken for the subject of this sketch one in the 
grounds of Springbrook, near Holmesburg, Pa.; the 
Country Seat of Caleb Cope, Esq., which contains one 
of the handsomest specimens I have seen. It is not in its 
height (72 feet), that it excels, for I have seen taller: nor 
in its circumference at 4 feet from the ground (12 feet) for 
there are occasionally some of greater dimensions met 
with ; but as a vigorous, healthy, symmetrical, and withal 
a very large tree, it has few superiors. It has a very 
broad base (see sketch), measuring near the ground line 
30 feet; which adds matertally to its grandeur and majes- 
