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Garry|ˈgærɪ|
The name of Nicholas Garry (1781–1856), an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company, used attrib. to designate a species of oak, Quercus garryana, native to south-western British Columbia and the Pacific coast to the south.
1908G. B. Sudworth Forest Trees Pacific Slope 283 Next to valley oak, Garry oak, known most commonly as ‘white oak’, is the largest oak in the Pacific coast region. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 25 July 17/1 The Garry oaks rivetted his attention as the most beautiful trees he had ever seen. 1952D. F. Putnam Canad. Regions xxi. 465/1 Around Victoria..such trees as madrona and Garry oak indicate a similarity to some Mediterranean environments. |