536 Agrimdtural Gazette of N.S.W. [July 2, 190}-. 



1^;). (J. i-i/yutidna, Miller {f^>. rirens, Air.). It is well kiKiwn in Sydney as 

 Q. oivf/ens, but virginiand is the older iianic "Live Oak." l-'iij. Saiiicni, tt. 

 394-r». 



A valuiible sliade-tree. Yields excellent tiiiibei', t'oniierly mueh used tor 

 rmval purposes. 



One of the most valuable ti in ber-ti'ees of Noi-tii Aiiieiiea : t'oimeilv it was 

 largely used in ship-building. The aeoiiis were largely collected by the 

 Indians, and aH'ord valuable food f(ir hogs (Sargent). 



One of the most valuable trees presented by the United .States to New 

 South Wales. There are nuuiei-ous specimens in the JJotajiic (Jardens, but its 

 \alue to Sydney may l)e learned from the specim(ms tiourisliing in the sterile, 

 wind-swept Centennial Park. Tt prefers the coast districts. 



" In the southern United States its beauty has been appreciated for more 

 than two hundred years; and nol)le single s|)ecimeiLs oi- avenues of live oaks 

 guarding the approaches to tlie stately colonial mansions of Carolina and 

 (xeorgia, and unsui'passed in majesty by planted trees of any other kind, 

 testify to the ornamental value of this species, which surpasses the other oaks 

 of North Amei'ica in grandeur of port, beauty of outline, and solidity of trunk 

 and branches. No American oak grows more rapidly or is more easily trans- 

 planted, and its general use as a shade-tree, witli the scarcely less beautiful 

 Laurel Oak, in the streets of southern cities, gives thein tlieir greatest charm." 

 — (Sargent, op. cit. p. 102.) 



M 1 ; L 17 d, L';j, 30 f. 



See photi-i. 



•-'4. V- WisUzenii, A. DC. "Canon Live Oak." A " Black Oak."' Fig. 

 Sargent, t. 40(5. 



A distinct and handsome tree, but a shrub in desert localities and on the 

 eoast. 



" 'J4ie leaves of this sAr^fi are sought in preference to those of the Scrul) 

 <_)ak by sheep, goats, and cattle, and it is thus often found stripped of its 

 leives."— (W. W. Mackie.) 



TliC wood is hard, tough, sti'ong, and durable, and of great value fnr 

 mechanical purposes, also making excellent fuel (Greene). 



Califoi'iiia, along the coast; also along the fcot-hills and lower slcjes uf 

 mountains. 



(Z'o he coiitiiniftJ.) 



