The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . namental tree for the south of Europe or the warmerStates of the Union, we may recommend this species. It formsa roundish summit, and spreads but little till it attains a con-siderable age. As a hedge it would form a very close shelter,and the leaves, evergreen and nearly as prickly as a holly, wouldrender it almost impervious to most animals. The leaves varyfrom roundish ovate to elliptic, and are of a thick rigid con-sistence ; the serratures are quite sharp; the young shoots arecovered more or less with stellate hairs, and for some time t
The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . namental tree for the south of Europe or the warmerStates of the Union, we may recommend this species. It formsa roundish summit, and spreads but little till it attains a con-siderable age. As a hedge it would form a very close shelter,and the leaves, evergreen and nearly as prickly as a holly, wouldrender it almost impervious to most animals. The leaves varyfrom roundish ovate to elliptic, and are of a thick rigid con-sistence ; the serratures are quite sharp; the young shoots arecovered more or less with stellate hairs, and for some time tuftsof this kind of down remain on the under side of the midiib ofthe leaves, which are, however, at length perfectly smooth, andof a dark-green above, often tinged with brownish yellowbeneath. The staminiferous flowers are very abundant, andrather conspicuous; the racemes the length of 3 or 4 inches ;tlie flowers with a conspicuous calyx and 8 or 10 stamens; thefemale or fruit-bearing flowers are usually in pairs in the axils, lo8 NEW PLANXS. ETC,. Querciis agrifolia. FROM THE SOCIETYS GARDEN. 159 or juncture of the leaf with the stem, and sessile, or withoutstalks. The cup of the acorn is hemispherical, and furnishedwith loose brownish scales; the acorn, much longer than thecup, is ovate and pointed. We do not recollect to have seen this tiee properly associatedwith any other, except occasionally the Platanus racemosa;their shade is hostile to almost every kind of undergrowth. By Persoon tliis species is said to have been found on theeastern coast of North America, while Pursh attributes it tothe north-west coast, about ISTootka Sound. It does not, how-ever, extend even to the territory of Oregon, as far as myobservation goes. Nee says, I have only seen branches collected at Montereyand Nootka. The leaves of the young plants are perfectlysmooth when first developed, of a thin consistence, with nume-rous slender sharp dentures beneath ; they are of a brownishyellow colour, and
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