. 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. 1480 QUEECUS. 2046. Quercus lobata (X K). No. 27. branches, of ps'i-araidal habit in its youth, round-topped when old: Ivs. oblong or oblong-lanceolate, dark green and glabrous above, grayish tomentulose beneath, 3-( in. long: fr. short-stalked; acorn subglobose, }^ in. long, em- braced one third to one-half by
. 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. 1480 QUEECUS. 2046. Quercus lobata (X K). No. 27. branches, of ps'i-araidal habit in its youth, round-topped when old: Ivs. oblong or oblong-lanceolate, dark green and glabrous above, grayish tomentulose beneath, 3-( in. long: fr. short-stalked; acorn subglobose, }^ in. long, em- braced one third to one-half by the turbinate cup. Pa. to Ga., 8:432. 17:195. Mn. Oak of symmetrical habit with handsome glossy foliage, turning russet - red in fall. There are several hybrids of this species and No. 11 with other Black and Red Oaks ; one of them is in the trade as Q. palnsfri- imbricAria, Engelm.: it has oblong - lanceolate Ivs., entire or coarsely toothed, with bristly teeth, soon glabrous, 4-6 in. long: cup turbinate. For other hy- brids of this group see 8:433, 434, 436, 437. 13. lauriEoIia, Michx. Laurel Oak. Tree, to 60, oc- casionally to 100 ft., with comparatively slender branches forming a dense, I'ound-topped head: Ivs. oblong or ob- long-obovate, sometimes slightly lobed, dark green and shining above, light green and puberulous at first, gla- brous at length below, 2-6 in. long: fr. short-stalked; acoru ovoid or subglobose, about i4 in. long, embraced one-fourth by the saucer-shaped cup. Va. to Fla. and La. 8:429, 430. —Handsome tree with almost half-ever- green glossy foliage, often planted as avenue tree in the southern and Gulf states; not hardy north. 14. variihilis, Blurae (Q. Bnngedna, Forb. Q. Clii- )i^, Bunge, not Abel). Tree, to 80 ft.: Ivs. slender- petioled, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cre- nately serrate, with bristle-like teeth, dark green and glabrous above, whitish tomentulose below, 3>2-6 in
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