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Memoranda on the Lucombe Oak and Governor Holwell

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 12, (1880), pp. 417-419.

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Winslow Jones

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Lucombe Oak was originally raised from an acorn in a nursery in Exeter by Mr Lucombe in 1762 as a cross between Q. cerris and Q. suber. It is unusual because it keeps its leaves over winter. This was one of the first saplings raised by Lucombe. Its best-known specimen in the world famous Kew Botanical Gardens was planted sometime around 1773, but was moved in 1846. It was reported that Mr Lucombe was so taken by this tree that he later felled the original specimen to provide wood for his own coffin and kept the boards under his bed until he died. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.


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Campbell, John Esq, FRS 417
Chalmers 418
Clive, Lord 418
Davis, Mr 418
Dowlah, Surajah 418
Drake, Governor 418
Holwell, John Zephaniah Esq FRS 417-8
Holwell, Rev John 418
Holwell, Zephaniah 418
Hunter, Dr A 417-8
Lamplugh, Bishop 418
Loudon, Mr 417-8
Lucombe, Mr William 417
Pince, Mr 417