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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST 
[ February, 
Late Bloomers. —Admiration, Baron Martin, Boree, Careus, Compacta, Dr. Lacroix, 
Gloire de Puteaux, James Veiteh, Licrvallii,Madame Lierval, Mrs. Standish, Madame Prail, 
Monsieur Rollisson, Pi*esident Morel. 
Wintoii, Manchester. -John Walker. 
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QUERCU8 GLABRA. 
EINGr quite hardy here, this beautiful Japanese Evergreen Oak is a 
most desirable ornamental tree. Nothing can be more beautiful than 
its bright shiny leaves, 
which are from 7 to 8 
inches in length, and 
nearly the colour and size of 
those of Magnolia exoniensis ; 
indeed at first sight, and 
when seen from a distance, 
the upper side of the leaf has 
very much the appearance of 
the Magnolia. Altogether, it 
is a lovely ornamental plant 
every day in the year ; but 
though it has been -in the 
country for the last quarter of 
a century, it does not appear 
to be cultivated to the extent 
that one would expect in the 
case of so charming and 
ornamental an evergreen ; at 
least I have rarely met with 
good plants of it. 
In the arboretum here, 
there is a fine large healthy 
tree, which has borne acorns 
for years past, also male cat¬ 
kins in abundance. The 
acorns are borne on longish 
spikes, from six to twenty or 
more growing on a sprig. 
They ripen in November and 
December, but I find it is a 
difficult matter to collect 
any of them in the ripe state, 
for the crafty jays have such 
a propensity for them, that 
