. 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 . 7124 1724. is from a sprig apparently of this variety, grown in the Hor-ticultural Societys (Janlen, under the name of Q. alba. In
. 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 . 7124 1724. is from a sprig apparently of this variety, grown in the Hor-ticultural Societys (Janlen, under the name of Q. alba. In arboretum is an oak named Q. squamosa, from a spe-cimen of which Jig. 1725. was taken. This tree, which is 20 high, has exactly the appearance, bark, and habit of growth of Q. alba, and as it only ditiers from it in the shape of the leaves, it may probably be a variation of this The American white oak, according to Michaux, bears mostresemblance to Q. pedunculata, which is sometimes called the white oak inEurope. Q. alba, m the American forests, is often 70 ft. or 80 ft. high, andwith a trunk G ft. or 7 ft. in diameter; but its proportions vary with the soiland climate. Cobbett says that it is amongst the least curious and beautifulof the American oaks, the leaf, he adds, is small, and the shape ami colournot very handsome. According to Michaux, the leaves are reguhirly and ob-liquely divided into oblong rounded lobes, destitute of points or bristles ; andthe indentations are the deepest in the most humid soils. Soon after theirunfolding, the leaves are reddish above, and white and downy beneath ; whenfully grown, they are smooth, and of a light green on the upper surface
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