. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. QUERCUS QUERCUS 1479 beneath, 2-6 in. long : fr. ovoid, }4-l in. long, em- braced about one-third by the deeply cup. Ind. and Iowa to Tex. and Fla. 8:411. 7:515, 517. — Tall tree, only recently introduced into cult.: much like Q. coccinea in foliage and like Q. rubra in fruit, but the c
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. QUERCUS QUERCUS 1479 beneath, 2-6 in. long : fr. ovoid, }4-l in. long, em- braced about one-third by the deeply cup. Ind. and Iowa to Tex. and Fla. 8:411. 7:515, 517. — Tall tree, only recently introduced into cult.: much like Q. coccinea in foliage and like Q. rubra in fruit, but the cup somewhat deeper and smaller and pale grayish 2043. Quercus palustris (on the left) and Q. Phellos (X K). 4. coccinea, Muench. Scaklet Oak. Fig. 2042, 2044. Tree, to 80 ft.,with gradually spreading branches forming a round-topped rather open head: Its. deeply divided by wide sinuses into 7-9 rather narrow, oblong or lanceo late, few-toothed lobes, bright green and glossy above, light green and glabrous beneath, 4-8 in. long: fr. short- stalked, ovoid to oblong-ovate, yi-% in. long, embraced about one-half by the almost glabrous cup. Me. to Fla., west to Blinn. and Mo. 8:412, Em. 1 cially valuable for its brilliant scarlet fall coloring; grows well in dryish situations. 5. K611og-gii, Newb. (Q. Califdrnica, Coop.). Californian Black Oak. Fig. 2045. Tree, occasionally to 100 ft., with stout spreading branches forming an open, round-topped head: Ivs. divided about to the middle by wide sinuses into usually 7 oblong, toothed lobes, pubescent when young, at length glabrous and glossy above, yellowish green and glabrous or floccose be- neath, 3-6 in. long: fr. short-stalked; acorn ovoid or ob- long, mostly rounded at the top, 1-1!^ in. long, em- braced about one-third or one-half by the deep hemi- spherical glabrous cup. Ore. to Calif. 8:416. 9:145. 6. veltitina, Lam (, BartT.). Black Oak. Yellow Babk Oak. Figs. 2040, 2041 (3
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