. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. 310 DECIDUOUS TREES. The Olivc-acorn or Mossy-cup Oak. Q. oliveifonms.—This variety is known by some under the name of mossy-cup oak. As the burr oak has a still mossier cup, it seems to us that the botani- cal name which Loudon has anglicized, and which is given above, is more appropriate. Its acorn is long, like the olive, and nearly covered by its cup, but not so completely as that of the burr oak. The leaf of this variety is like a white oak leaf, elongated, and more deeply lobed. Its bark is like t
. The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. 310 DECIDUOUS TREES. The Olivc-acorn or Mossy-cup Oak. Q. oliveifonms.—This variety is known by some under the name of mossy-cup oak. As the burr oak has a still mossier cup, it seems to us that the botani- cal name which Loudon has anglicized, and which is given above, is more appropriate. Its acorn is long, like the olive, and nearly covered by its cup, but not so completely as that of the burr oak. The leaf of this variety is like a white oak leaf, elongated, and more deeply lobed. Its bark is like that of the white oak, but the growth is more slender, and the branches tend to droop gracefully. A native of the northern States. The Chestnut Oak Group. Th E C H ESTN UT OA K. Querciis prinus palustris.— Fig. 97. ^ \Qi\.y tree found jDrincipally below the latitude of 42°. It is disposed to form a straight trunk, with- out branches to a considerable height, and then to spread into a broad tufted head. Fig. 97 shows its form of leaf We have not had the good fortune to see any trees of this variety grown to maturity in open ground, and cannot, therefore, speak of its usual character as an ornamental tree, but our impression is that for massy and glossy foliage, and rapidity of growth, it is surpassed by few of the oaks. When young its growth is long-limbed like the red oaks. At all times a cleanly-looking tree. The Rock Chestnut Oak. Q. priniis monticola.—Down- ing considers this one of the finest of northern oaks, and states that it grows on the most barren and rocky soils ; thus showing its affinity to its namesake and prototype, the chestnut tree. " In open elevated situations it spreads widely, and forms a head like that of an apple ; The leaves are broader proportionally, and less acutely pointed than those of the preceding variety, by which, and its lower and broader form, it can be recognized. We consider this the finest of the chestnut oak family, an
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