CHAP. CV,

CORYLA'CEAi. QUE'ltCUS.

1905

90fl.—In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Newbattle Abbey, it is 45ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 4 ft. 9 in., and the head 70 ft. *, at Hopetoun House, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the head 30 ft.; at Dalhousie Castle, 15 years planted, it is 11 ft. high, raisedfrom acorns gathered by Lord Dalhousie, while he rode over the field of battle at Salamanca • andsent home in 1812. —South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Fullerton, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 2ft., and of the head 26ft.; another, 120 years old, is 40ft. high, and the diameter of thetrunk is 3 ft. In the stewartry of Kircudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 35 ft.; atBargally is one with a trunk 11 ft. 8 in. in circumference •at Cassincarrie, it is 40 ft. high, with a trunk 9ft. 6 in. in circumference. — North of Edinburgh. InAberdeenshire, at Gordon Castle ? it is 32 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39 ft.In Banffshire, at Cullen House, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head30 ft. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 30ft. high, the diameter of the trunk lOin. In Fifeshire, at RaithHouse, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 23 ft. In Ross-shire, atBrahan Castle, 20 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in. In Stirlingshire, at Braham Castle26 ft. high, the girt of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 20 ft.—In Ireland, in the environsof Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 1 ft.; at Castletown, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 54 ft.— South of Dublin, in the county of Cork, at Castle Freke, 26 years planted, it is 36 ft. high thediameter of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 33 ft. In Kilkenny, at Borris, it is 49 ft. high,’ thecircumference of the trunk 11 ft., and the diameter of the head 54 ft. — North of Dublin. In the|countyof Antrim, at Echlinville, 37 years planted, it is 39 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 8 ft., andthe diameter of the head 43 ft.. In Down, at Moira, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in.,and that of the head 35 ft. In Fermanagh, at Castle Coole, 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk1 ft., and of the head 21 ft.—In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 40 years planted, it is 24 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 20 ft.; another, 130 years old, is 42ft. high, with atrunk 5 ft. in circumference; at Sct§aux, 30 years old, it is 30 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diame-ter, and the diameter of the head 20 ft.; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 40 years planted, itis 39 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 28 ft.—In Austria, near Vienna,at Kopenzel, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. high.

Recorded Trees. At Wilton House, (i. /'lex, in 1816, had a trunk 10 ft. in circumference ; and oneat Chichester, planted by Colonel Brereton, in 176G, had a trunk 7 ft. high, and 7 ft. 6 in. in circum-ference. Goodwood Park Lodge, near Chichester, is covered by a screen of evergreen oaks, in theform of a square, 10ft. thick, and 30 ft. high. {Mitch. Bend., p. 224.) In Scotland, at Bargally inGalloway, Q. J'lex, measured in 1780, was 50ft. high, with a clear trunk of 12 ft., which measured6 ft. 3 in. in circumference at 4 ft. from the ground : it had at that time many acorns on it. ( Walker.)In Ireland, at Mount Asher, there were some evergreen oaks, which, in 1794, had trunks from 6 ft. to8ft. in circumference. At Kilruddery, the Q. /'lex grows as well as in Italy; and there are verylarge trees of it. {Id., p. 124. and 132.)

Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, from 1ft. to 2 ft.high, in pots, are 7 5s. per hundred; or single plants from (id. to 2«. each,according to their size; and acorns are 20s. per bushel. At Bollwyller, whereit is tender, plants are 1 franc and 50 cents; and at New York, where theyare 1 dollar each, they are noticed in Prince’s Catalogue as requiring protec-tion in winter.

ffi 30. Q. Bai.lo'ta Desf. The sweet Acorn Oak.

Identification. Desf. Atl., 2. p. 350.; Hist, des Arb., 2. p. 506.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 432.: N. DuHam., 7. p. 157.; Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 31.

Si/nont/mes. ? J'lex m&jor Clus. Hist., 1. t. 23.; Chene a Glands doux, Chene Ballote, Fr.

Derivation. The term Ballbta seems to be a modification of the Spanish word bcllota, which meansacorns generally.

Engravings. Our Jigs. 1783. and 1784., the latter being a sprig, and the former a leaf of the naturalsize, both taken from a specimen of the original tree, planted by Desfontaines in the Jardin desPlantes, at Paris.

Spec. Char., S,c. Leaves elliptical, coriaceous, denticulated, or entire; downybeneath. Bark even. Nut cylindrical, elongated. ( Desf. and Smith.) Atree, growing 20 ft. or 30 ft. high, with a trunk from 3 ft. to 6 ft. in circum-ference. The branches are covered with a barksomewhat farrowed, of a brownish grey; and thegeneral form of the head of the tree is oval, orroundish. The leaves are coriaceous, with shortfootstalks, generally rounded at the summit, rarelypointed; smooth above, and cottony and white be-neath ; entire or denticulated in their margins. Thefemale flowers are solitary, or in clusters, in theaxils of the young shoots. The acorns are sessile,or on short peduncles; the fruit is from 8 to 20 linesin length, and from 4 to 6 lines in breadth. Thenuts are enclosed at the base in a hemispherical cup, covered with obtusescales, which are cottony, numerous, and very closely imbricated. Thisoak was discovered by Desfontaines, in Barbary, and it is said to be closelyallied to Q. I' lex; from which, however, it differs in its leaves being morewhite and cottony beneath, and of a more coriaceous texture; and in its

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