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6. Quercus rubra, Red or Scarlet Virginia Oak. 
A large, deciduous tree, growing forty, to fifty or 
fixty feet high—the leaves (large, bright-green) ob¬ 
long, fxnuated, with the finufes obtufe, brillly-pointed; 
green in the fpring, changing to a bright-red or fear- 
let colour.—Native of Virginia and Carolina. (Any 
common foil.) 
! Variety .—Thrce-pointed-leaved Red or Scarlet 
Oak. 
. Quercus Efculus —(Efculus) Horfe-Chefnut- 
leaved Oak. 
A large, deciduous tree, forty or fifty feet high— 
the leaves (broad, light-green) oblong, deeply cut, or 
pinnate-finuated, and fmooth; and longifh acorns fit¬ 
ting clofe to the branches.—Native of the fouth parts 
of Europe. (Loamy or any common foil.) 
*■ Qrhrcus Cerris —(Cerris) Lyrate-Ieaved Spa- 
nilh Oak. 
A large, deciduous tree, fifty or fixty feet high— 
the leaves (middling, dark-green) oblong, lyrate-pin- 
natifid, or indented in the middle in a lyrie-lhape form, 
tranfverfe-jagged, in acute points, downy on the un¬ 
der fide.—Native of Spain, Auftria, &c. (Any com¬ 
mon foil.) 
9. Qu ercus AEgilops —(AEgilops) or Prickly-cupped 
Spanilh Oak. 
A moll lofty, large, deciduous tree, of beautiful 
growth, fixty or feventy feet high, or more, widely 
branching—the leaves (middling, pale-green) ovate- 
oblong, fmooth, with the edges fawed-dentated; and 
acorns in very large, prickly cups—Native of Spain 
and the Levant. ( Loamy or any common foil.) 
The following are Varieties of different Species. 
Quercus humilis. Dwarf American Oak. 
Quercus oxonienffs, Exeter or Luccombe’s 
Oak. 
Ever-green Kinds. 
IQ. Quercus Ilex — (Ilex) or Common Ever-gr-een 
Oak. 
A largilh, upright, ever-green tree, thirty or forty 
feet higii—the leaves (middling, dark-green) ovate- 
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oblong, undivided, fawed, Ihining-green above, dow¬ 
ny underneath, placed on foot-ftalks; and fmall 
acorns.—Native of the fouthern parts of Europe. 
{Any common foil.) 
Varieties. —Broad-leaved Ever-green Oak. 
Narrow-leaved Ever-green Oak. 
Sawed-leaved Ever-green Oak. 
Intire-leaved Ever-green Oak. 
Various-leaved Ever-green Oak, with 
leaves narrow and broad, forne fawed, 
others intire, and fome prickly-edged j 
fometimes all on the fame tree. 
TI. Quercus gramuntia, Gramuntian or Holly¬ 
leaved Ever-green Oak. 
A largilh, ever-green tree, thirty or forty feet 
high—the leaves {middling, darkijh-green) oblong- 
oval, finuated-lpinous-edged, downy underneath, fef- 
file or fitting clofe, without foot-ftalks; and glands 
peduncled or foot-ftalked.—Native of the fouth of 
France. {Any common foil.) 
12 . QUER cus Coccifera —(Coccifera) Scarlet-bear¬ 
ing or Kermes Oak. , 
A fmaller, .ever-green tree, fifteen or eighteen feet 
high, of bulhy growth—the leaves (middling, bright- 
green) oval, undivided and fmooth, with the edges 
prickly-indented, fcarlet glands on the branches and 
leaves, called Kermes, ufed in dying.—Native of 
France, Spain, Italy, the Eaft, &c. (Any common 
foil.) 
13. Quercus carolinienfis, Carolinian, or American 
Live Oak. 
A largilh ever-green tree, thirty or forty feet high 
—the leaves (middling, dark-green) ovate-fpear-lhape, 
intire, and ftiort foot-ftalked; and fmall, oblong 
acorns.—Native of Carolina and Virginia. (Any 
common foil.) 
14. Querc us Suber —(Suber) or Cork Tree. 
A large, ever-green tree, thirty or forty feet high, 
having a rough, fungous, and cleft bark, which is 
the cork—the leaves (middling, dark-green) ovate- 
oblong, undivided, fawed, and downy on the ur.der- 
fide.—Native of the fouthern parts of Europe. (Any 
common foil.) 
Moft of the fpecies of Oak being of the largeft tree 
kind, growing with Hems or trunks of a confiderable 
bulk 
