. British trees. Trees. 576 THE HOLM OAK. The point of the leaf is often turned to one side, and the leaf bowed and twisted, but not puckered ; more rarely it is perfectly flat. The two halves of the leaf-blade from the central rib to the margins lie in one plane, instead of forming a wide spread \/ as is so often the case with other trees. THE HOLM OAK (Quercus Ilex). The Evergreen Oak (also called the Ilex, Holm, and Hollv Oak) is said to be a native of Southern Europe and North America, and to have been introduced into England at the beginning or middle ol the sixteenth century. The seedlin
. British trees. Trees. 576 THE HOLM OAK. The point of the leaf is often turned to one side, and the leaf bowed and twisted, but not puckered ; more rarely it is perfectly flat. The two halves of the leaf-blade from the central rib to the margins lie in one plane, instead of forming a wide spread \/ as is so often the case with other trees. THE HOLM OAK (Quercus Ilex). The Evergreen Oak (also called the Ilex, Holm, and Hollv Oak) is said to be a native of Southern Europe and North America, and to have been introduced into England at the beginning or middle ol the sixteenth century. The seedlings grow rapidly, though they are easily injured ; after the first few years the annual growth is very small. The tree lives to a great age, and under favourable conditions will reach 50 or 60 feet in height, though more usually it is only half that height : it will live bv the sea-coast. The timber is valuable, being close of grain and flexible, and from its slow production very durable. It withstands the effect of smoke well. In the opinion of some writers this tree is a variety of the Oak mentioned in the Bible, but it is more generally held that the Oak of Palestine, though bearing a great resemblance to the Ilex, is a distinct PLAN OF Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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