. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1482 QUERCUS Prinus was found in the nursery of John Saul, near Washington, D. C, and has been distributed as Saul's Oak. 29. peivaic\ilkta.,'EhTh.{,,DC. Q. Mbbur, Linn., partly. Q. Umina, Mill.). Figs. 2038, 2048. Tree, to 120 ft., with stout sp
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1482 QUERCUS Prinus was found in the nursery of John Saul, near Washington, D. C, and has been distributed as Saul's Oak. 29. peivaic\ilkta.,'EhTh.{,,DC. Q. Mbbur, Linn., partly. Q. Umina, Mill.). Figs. 2038, 2048. Tree, to 120 ft., with stout spreading branches forming a broad round-topped head: Ivs. short-petioled, auriculate at the base, oblong-obovate, with 3-7 rounded lobes on each side, quite glabrous, dark green above, pale bluish green beneath, 2^-5 in. long: fr. 1-7 on slender peduncles; acorn ovate or ovate-oblong, about 1 in. high, embraced about one-third by the hemispherical cup. Eu., N. Afr., W. Asia. III. 24:201; 25:168. —More than 40 varieties are cultivated in European nurseries and collections; some of the most important are the following: Var. Concdrdia, Lemaire. Lvs. bright yellow. 14:537. Var. contbrta, Hort. A form with twisted branches and crowded lys. of ir- regular shape ; of slow growth. Var. fastigijtta, DC. With upright branches forming a narrow columnar head. II. 19:179. Of the same habit are var. !as- tigiita oupressoldes, Hort., with narrower lvs. fastigiita atireo-punctitawith yellowish spotted foliage. Var. iastigiita vlridis with lvs. of darker green. Var. heterophJUa, Lond. (var. comptonicefbUa, Hort.) with narrow, elongated, slightly or crenately lobed, some- times almost entire leaves. Var. HIioifblia, Lem. (var. pectinAta, var. Incini&ta, var. asplenifilia, var. doumiti, Hort.). Fig. 2049. Lvs. deeply divided often almost to the midrib in narrow linear lobes, with crisp mar- gins. II. 14:G32. 1, black figure not num- bered opposite plate 33.
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