. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. QDERCUS QUEECUS 1483 with Q. Suher, for which see Q. Lucombeana, in sup- plementary list. 35. Suber, Linn, Cokk Oak. Tree, to 50 ft., with broad round-topped head and thick, deeply furrowed, spongy, elastic bark: Ivs. ovate to oblong, rounded or subcordate at the base, remotely serrate, glabrous above, whitish
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. QDERCUS QUEECUS 1483 with Q. Suher, for which see Q. Lucombeana, in sup- plementary list. 35. Suber, Linn, Cokk Oak. Tree, to 50 ft., with broad round-topped head and thick, deeply furrowed, spongy, elastic bark: Ivs. ovate to oblong, rounded or subcordate at the base, remotely serrate, glabrous above, whitish tomentose beneath, 1-3 : ; acorn ovate or oblong-ovate, 3-2-1^ in. high, embraced one- third to one-half by the cup; scales thick, usually with short and often recurved tips. S. Europe, N. Afr. —From this species cork is obtained; it is much cultivated for this pur- pose in E. India and recently also in California, where it seems to thrive well. Q. occi- dentalism Gray, seems to differ only by the fr. ripening the second year and by its greater hardiness; its bark is not distin- guished commercially from that of the true Cork Oak. 36. Ilex, Linn. Holly or Hoi^mOak. Tree, to 60 ft., with large, round-topped head; bark not corky: Ivs. very variable, ovate to lanceolate, remotely serrate or almost entire and with revolute margin, dark green above, yellowish or whit- ish tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. long : fr. 1-3, usually pedun- cled ; acorn ovate, embraced about one-half by the cup; scales thin, appressed, rarely slightly spreading. S. Europe. 1898:275. Var. BaUota, DC. [Q. BalUta, Desf.). Lvs. smaller, orbicular or broadly ovate; the sweet acorn is often gathered for food. Var. I'6rdii, Nichols. (, Carr.). Of pyramidal habit with narrower and smaller lvs. 1861, pp. 114, 115; 1885, pp. 352, 353. Not to be confounded with Q. Ford- iana, Hemsl., a Chinese species with chestnut-like leaves. 37. Virgini&.na, Mill. {Q. v\rens, Ait.). Live
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