1912

ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

FART III.

Muswell Hill bear a considerable resemblance, both in form and size, to thefigure of Q. Pseudo-tfuber given in the Nouv. Du Hamel, and of which Jig.1801. is a reduced copy. The tree at Muswell Hill has ripened acorns, butnot lately, and the character of their cups is forgotten; otherwise we shouldat once be able to decide to which section it belongs. The trunk is coveredwith a corky bark, which has exactly the appearance of that of thetrue cork tree in the same garden; but the cork is only 2 in. or 2-J in. indepth, while in the true cork tree it is more than 3 in. deep. Whether thisis a variety or a species, it is, at all events, so decidedly distinct in thefoliage, and, as the plate in our last Volume will show, forms such a veryhandsome evergreen tree, that it well merits a place in collections. Whenwe saw the trees (May 5. 1837), both were in full foliage; but we wereinformed that the variety lost its leaves generally before the other. Our