The Swamp White Oak. 



The swamp white oak bears leaves of a variety of shapes. The 

 leaves are usually toothed, resembling the chestnut oak, as in the two 

 right-hand leaves (figure 4). Rarely, however, instead of being toothed 

 they are irregularly lobed with rounded lobes, as in the left-hand 

 leaf. All three leaves have the same general form. They are narrow 

 at the base, hence wedge-shaped. The teeth are not placed as regu- 

 larly as in the chestnut oak, and are more angled, but they are not as 

 pointed as in the leaves of a chestnut tree. The middle leaf is much 

 like one of the leaves of the bur oak, but it is fewer lobed and of different 



4. — Swamp white 

 oak. 



shape. Then, too, the under surface is likely to be white and downy. 

 To be certain, one should examine the acorn, which is small and of 

 a different shape from that of the bur oak; the scales on the cup are 

 smaller and thinner, and the fringe at the edge smaller. This oak, 

 which grows mainly on low lands, is a beautiful, round-headed tree, 

 and it grows rapidly in good soil. Its bark, like that of the white oak, 

 is light gray, but it is more scaly. The trunk and branches are slenderer 

 than are those of the white oak and its branches hang more gracefully. 

 The tree is apt to be filled with innumerable little dead twigs which 

 give it a wild effect. 



The Red Oak. 



Here are some oak leaves very different from those which we have 

 seen. Instead of being rounded, the lobes are pointed and very 



