. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . r. Conrad Loddiges,under the name of Q. Turner/. It appearsto be a hybrid between Q. pedunculata \ex; and, indeed, the leaves of some va-rie
. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . r. Conrad Loddiges,under the name of Q. Turner/. It appearsto be a hybrid between Q. pedunculata \ex; and, indeed, the leaves of some va-rieties of /Mex, such as fig. 1807., which isfrom a plant in Messrs. Loddi^ess collection,have exactly the same bluish green colouras those of Q. Turner/, and are nearly equalto those of that species in length, as is shownhy fig. 1808., which is from the tree at ; both figures being of the naturalsize. The leaves vary considerably in size(see fig. 1809., to our usual scale), but notmuch in form, or in the character of theirmargins. Mr. Rivers, jun., of Sawbridgeworth,whose father recollects the tree being originated by Mr. Turner, and whohas propagated it extensively, says, It takes readily by grafting on thecommon oak, from which, in summer, it can scarcely be distinguished, asits branches and leaves are so similar; but, in winter, its thick, glossy, andstrictly evergreen foliage has a fine effect. On the whole, it is an exceed-.
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