"Evergreen oak" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... world. As we were to wait here some time, we went on shore to walk. The appearance of the cotton-fields at this season of the year was barren enough; but, as a compensation, I here, for the first time, saw the evergreen oak-trees (the ilex, I presume) of the South. They were not very fine specimens of their kind, and disappointed me a good deal. The advantage they have of being evergreen is counterbalanced by the dark and almost dingy color of the foliage, and the leaf being minute in size, and ...
— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble
... ft.|Not hardy in the North. Grows south of | | Virginia. Beautiful evergreen oak. ...
— The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. • Ellen Eddy Shaw |
