. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. and Greenhouse cultivation, for Outdoor Ferneriesand other purposes. Intending Purchasers before buying elsewhere shouldsend for our SPECIAL LIST of CHEAP FERNS,which will be foriLKzrded free on application. W. AND J. BIRKENHEAD, Fern Nursery, Sale, nearManchester. Wm. Cutbush & Sons Strain of these cannot be sur-passed. They are sold in( Packets, 2r. 6(/., 35. 6d. and ; but quality is the same. HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,and BARNET, HERTS. Tripoli Onion, Lettuce, and Cabbage Seeds forPRESENT SOWIN
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. and Greenhouse cultivation, for Outdoor Ferneriesand other purposes. Intending Purchasers before buying elsewhere shouldsend for our SPECIAL LIST of CHEAP FERNS,which will be foriLKzrded free on application. W. AND J. BIRKENHEAD, Fern Nursery, Sale, nearManchester. Wm. Cutbush & Sons Strain of these cannot be sur-passed. They are sold in( Packets, 2r. 6(/., 35. 6d. and ; but quality is the same. HIGHGATE, LONDON, N.,and BARNET, HERTS. Tripoli Onion, Lettuce, and Cabbage Seeds forPRESENT SOWING. BIDDLES AND CO., having a fine stock ofthe above, offer them at the following low prices : —ONION, Large Late Flat Red, td. per ounce. ,, „ ,, ,, extra, \s. per ounce. ,, ,, ,, White, td. per ounce. ,, „ ,, ., extra, is. per ounce. ,, Giant Rocca, 6d. per ounce.,, White Lisbon, is. 6d. per and LETTUCE, all the leading varieties, atequally low prices. CATALOGUES, with 500 Illustrations, PENNY PACKET SEED CO., Loughborough. PRIMULA. CINEBARIA. THE SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1881. THE OAK. I SHALL not trouble the reader with alearned dissertation on the varieties of theOak, intending to confine myself chiefly to thenotice of remarkable trees which I have myselfseen. The British Oak is indigenous to thecountry, and there are two distinct varieties—some botanists have called them species—namely, Ouercus Robur var. pedunculata, andQ. R. var. sessiliflora. In the former the acornsare on fruit-stalks, in the latter they are forms are common. Mr. Grigorsays, in his Arboriculture, that the pedunculatais the more common tree both in natural andplanted woods throughout Britain. I observedthat the acorns of the Royal Oak at Boscobel,of the Cressage Oak near Shrewsbury, and otthe Swilcar Lawn Oak in Needwood Forest arestalked. The leaves 01 sessiliflora are long, the acorns inclusters ot two or three ; the timber is less close-
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