. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. nal tree reared byLucombe, after he had propagated from it extensively,was cut down at the age of twenty years with the inten-tion of having his coffin made out of it. Loudon adds, thathe lived so much longer than he anticipated, that severalyears before his death he had a much larger and oldertree cut down, sawn into plank, and carefully depositedunder his bed, in readiness for the above purpose. The wood of the Lucombe Oak is of close texture andvery beautiful grain, and no doubt would be very valuablefor cabinet work. Some of t
. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. nal tree reared byLucombe, after he had propagated from it extensively,was cut down at the age of twenty years with the inten-tion of having his coffin made out of it. Loudon adds, thathe lived so much longer than he anticipated, that severalyears before his death he had a much larger and oldertree cut down, sawn into plank, and carefully depositedunder his bed, in readiness for the above purpose. The wood of the Lucombe Oak is of close texture andvery beautiful grain, and no doubt would be very valuablefor cabinet work. Some of the varieties produced from itsacorns, are also, from Mr. Pines report, likely to be wellworthy of extensive culture, as they grow rapidly andwill thrive in bleak exposed situations, even where thecommon Oak and elm do not succeed. The finest spe-cimens of the Lucombe Oak are said to be those at Killer-ton near Exeter, the seat of Sir T. Dyke Acland, Bart.;noble trees of the same variety also adorn Carclew, inCornwall, the residence of Sir Charles Lemon, 298 CORYLACEJE.
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