Abstract
SIR OSCAR WARBTJRG and Mr. E. F. Warburg have published details of the oaks in cultivation in Sir Oscar's garden at Headley, Epsom, and elsewhere in the British Isles (“Oaks in Cultivation in the British Isles”, J. Roy. Hort. Soc., 58, Pt. 1, pp. 176-189, Feb. 1933). The account is copiously illustrated with many clear photographs of herbarium specimens and the various species of the genera Lithocarpus and Quercus, which all come under the general category of ‘oaks’, are described in detail. Three sub-genera of Quercus are recognised —Cyclobalanopsis, Erythro-balanus and Lepidobalanus. A useful list at the end of the article sets forth the common name, the group and the area of origin in non-technical, as well as in botanical, language. Several notes on some South American oaks and garden forms help to clear up difficulties of classification, and a fairly extensive bibliography is added.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Cultivated Oaks. Nature 131, 905 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131905c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131905c0