. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1605. Q. (P.) L hyhrida. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. p. 288. (Our fig. 1603.)—Rather more obtuse leaves than the species. The whole of the American oaks belonging to the section Phellos are re- markable for retaining their leaves, in particular soils and situations, for two, three, and in some
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1605. Q. (P.) L hyhrida. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. p. 288. (Our fig. 1603.)—Rather more obtuse leaves than the species. The whole of the American oaks belonging to the section Phellos are re- markable for retaining their leaves, in particular soils and situations, for two, three, and in some cases even four, years, without their changing colour ; differing in this respect, both from evergreens, which change their leaves in the spring of every year; and from those de- ciduoLis trees which retain their leaves in a withered state during 1604. Q. {P.) /aurifoUa. S 26. Q. imbrica'ria Willd. Oak. The Shingle Identification. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p. 428 ; Pursh Sept., 2. p. 627.; Michx. Quer., No. 10. Synonymes. latifblia Hort. \ Laurel Oak, Filed-Ciip Oak, Jack Oak, Black Jack Oak, Amer.; Chcne % Lattes, Fr. Enffravinss. Michx, Quer., ,16.; N. Amer. Syl., 1. t. 15.; and oar fig. 1605. Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute at each end, entire, almost sessile; downy beneath. Nut nearly globose. (^Smith.) A deciduous tree. Alleghanies, but rare. Height 40 or 50 feet. Introduced in 17S6. The leaves are long, lanceolate, entire, and of a shining green. The trunk is branching, and often crooked ; and the wood, though hard and heavy, has open pores like that of Q. rubra. 3" 27. Q. hbterophy' Michx. The various-leaved, or Bartram'. Identification. Michx. Amer. Syl., 1. p. 75.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 627. Engravings. Michx. Amer. Syl., ; and our.^^. 1606. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves on long footstalks, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, entire or unequally toothed. Cup hemispherical. Nut roundish. (Michx.) A deciduous tree, 30 ft. high, of which
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