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coryla'ce*:. que'rcus

1857

specimen tree in the Exeter Nursery is 45 ft. high; and the trunk, atthe base, measures 7 ft. 6 in. in circumference.

I Q. C. 12 L. incisa, Q. L. incisa Hort., {Jig. 1717 .b) has the leaveslonger, and somewhat more deeply cut, than those of the precedingvarieties. The tree in the Exeter Nursery is 45 ft. high; and thecircumference of the trunk, at the base, is 7 ft.

1 Q. C. 13 L. dentata, Q. L.dentata Hort., (Jig. 1716.) is a fine large-leavedevergreen variety, lately raised in the Exeter Nursery, and of whichthere will be plants for sale in the autumn of 1837.

t Q. C. 14 heterophyUa, Q. L. heterophylla Hort., {Jig. 1719.) has veryvariable foliage, and is also a recent production of the Exeter Nur-sery. Of these two new seedlings, Messrs. Lucombe and Pince informus that they have a great opinion.

Other Varieties. Q. C. bullata, the blistered, or rough-leaved, Turkeyoak, is mentioned by Miller; and he probably meant it to apply to Q. C. tana,which has rougher leaves than any other variety that we are acquaintedwith. In the Fulham Nursery there is a variety of the Fulham oak pro-pagated, Q. G. dentata pendula, which is said to have pendulous shoots;but we have never seen a plant large enough to enable us to determinewhether it is sufficiently distinct to be recorded as such. To the varietiesmentioned above some dozens might be added, by selecting specimens withwidely different-shaped leaves, and continuing them by grafting. In short,

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