. 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. QCTERCUS with Q. Suher, for which see Q. Lucombeana, in sup- plementary list. 35. Siiber, Linn. Cork Oak. Tree, to 50 ft., with broad round-topped head and thick, deeply furrowed, spongy, elastic bark; Ivs. ovate to oblong, rounded or subc'ordati- at the base, remotely serrate, glabrous above, wliiti-h toiiiint
. 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. QCTERCUS with Q. Suher, for which see Q. Lucombeana, in sup- plementary list. 35. Siiber, Linn. Cork Oak. Tree, to 50 ft., with broad round-topped head and thick, deeply furrowed, spongy, elastic bark; Ivs. ovate to oblong, rounded or subc'ordati- at the base, remotely serrate, glabrous above, wliiti-h toiiiinto-ii- l): ; acorii ovate urol)lcjn;,'-cjvati',; ,embraced one- thinl to by tlie cup; scales thick, usually with sliort and often recurved tips. S. Kurope, N. Afr. â From this species cork is obtained; it is luuch cultivated for this pur- pose in !â ;. India and recently â aKo in ,, where it :!('.. Ilex, Linu. Holly or Holm Oak. Tree, to 60 ft., with large, round-topped head; bark not corky: Ivs. very variable, ovate to lanceolate, remotely serrate or almost entire and with revolute margin, dark green above, yellowish or whit- ish tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. long : fr. 1-3, usually pedun- cled ; acorn ovate, embraced about one-half by the cup; scales thin, appresscd, rarely sliglitly spreading. S. Europe. 1«!IS;275. Var. BalWta, DC. iQ. liamta, Desf.). Lvs. smaller, orbicular or broadly ovate-; the sweet acorn is often for food. Var. Fdrdii, â Si\s.[, Carr.). Of pyramidal habit with narrower and smaller Ivs. 1861, pp. 114. 115; 1885, pp. 352, 353. Not to be confounded with Q. Ford- iiina, Hemsl., a Chinese species will :;7, Vir-iniLiiia. Mill. {Q. vXrens, Ait ) Ll\ E Oak l-i I , to 50 or rarely to 0 ft with 1 m inlis, forming a wide sprealinf, heil ;i'1 ':. - lii liny: Ivs. elliptic or oblong i 1 tire, with rt-volulc margin, rarely with a few i above the middle,
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