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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



White Oak. 



Bar Oak. 



Swamp White 

 Oak. 



Yellow Chest- 

 nut Oak. 



Dwarf Chest- 

 nut Oak. 



Lam-el or 

 Shingle Oak. 



Black Jack 

 Oak. 



Scarlet Oak. 



QUERCUS 

 1000. alba, L. 



CUPULIFEILE. 

 {Oak Family.) 



(*) 



Th. 



Rich woods. Rare in U. P., Menominee Co.— Burt MS. Cat.; etc. Our 

 most valuable species. Much used in inside finishing, carriage-making, 

 etc., etc., wherever a strong, durable, and beautiful timber is desired. 



Common. 



1001. 

 1002. 



1003. 

 1004. 



macrocarpa, Miclix. (***) 



Rich soil. 



bicolor, "VVilld. 



C. &S. 



Common. 



c. &s. 



Low ground. A large tree. Scales of the involucre often bear galls which 

 resemble abortive acorns. Common. 



Muhlenbergii, Engelm. C. & S. 



Rich woods. A medium sized tree. Common. 



prinoides, Willd. ' C. & S. 



A low shrub or small tree. Macomb Co.; Hubbardston (!); Muir (!); 

 Gratiot Co. (!). This and the preceding seem to run together. 



1005. imbricaria, Michx. 



Infrequent. 



s. 



Black Oak. 



Yellow-barked 



Oak. 



Barrens. Galesburg— H. Dale Adams ; Ann Arbor— Winch. Cat. ; S. Mich.— 

 Dr. Wright. Rare. 



1006. nigra, L. ( ? ) 



Said to occur in the extreme S. W. 



1007. coccinea, Wang. Th. 



Inner bark reddish; scales of involucre, brown, glabrate, appressed. In 

 the C, this species blossoms and puts forth its leaves about two weeks 

 earlier than the next, and the leaves are smooth and glossy before the 

 leaves of the next have become well divested of their reddish down. 



Frequent. 



1008. thictoria, Bartram. ( * ) 



Inner bark bright yellow; scales of involucre yellowish-canescent, some- 

 what squarrose; leaves less pinnatilid, more obovate in outline and less 

 glossy-green than those of Q. coccinea. This species and the preceding 

 occur together in the C. and are seldom large— usually 40-50 ft., and 12- 

 15 inches in diameter. Considerable study has shown no gradations be- 

 tween the two forms, except one anomalous specimen, with very 

 long acorn3, and some characteristics of both species. 



Red Oak. 



1009. rubra, L. (***) 



Th. 



Wood reddish, coarse; used chiefly for fence rails and fuel. In the C. & 

 S., a large tree; in the N. either a very large tree, (Emmet Co.— 

 Winched), or, at Petoskey, a low tree or tall shrub(!); in U. P., along 

 the shore, a low shrub or scraggy tree (the common form), or, in Onton- 

 agon valley, a good-sized tree— Whitney. Q. ambigua, Mx., apparently 

 belongs here.— (See Engelm. " Oaks of the U. S." Tr. Ac. Sc, St. Louis, 

 Vol. III.) "One of the most variable of the Atlantic species."— Engel- 

 mann. 



Chestnut. 



Beech. 



CASTANEA 



1010. vulgaris, var. Americana, A. DU. (***) 



S. E. 



Occurs rarely in the S. E. Does well when nlanted, at least as far 

 north as lat. 44°; Macomb Co.; Wayne Co.; Monroe Co.; Ann Arbor— 

 Dr. Steere. 



FAGUS 



1011. ferruginea, Ait 



Th. 



Common in L. P., but rare in U. P. Occurs at Mackinac and Pictured 

 Rocks. 



CORYLUS 



wild Hazel- ioi2. Americana, Walt. (***) 

 nut « ™. ■ , 



Thickets. 



Th. 



Common. 



