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stalks. This species is not very abundant in the State. For 

 many purposes the wood is equal to that of the White Oak. 



34. Quercus coccinea, of Wangenheim. — Scarlet Oak. 



So named on account of the 

 beautiful scarlet color the leaves 

 assume in autumn. The general 

 / , , outline of the leaf is oval, deeply 

 l/^J sinuate-pinnatifid, with broad and 

 open sinuses, reaching two-tliirds 

 the depth to the mid- rib, smooth, 

 bright green and shining on both 

 sides, broad and truncate at the 

 base. The acorn is globular-ovoid, 

 about one-third hid in the very 

 scaly cup. This fine tree is rare in 

 Wisconsin. It was first detected 

 near the farm of Mr. Huntington, 

 WHITE-OAK. in the eastern part of Dane county. 



The wood of the Scarlet Oak is inferior to 

 that of most of the species. As an orna- 

 mental tree it has few superiors. 



36. Quercus rubra, of Linnceus. — Hed Oak. 



The leaves of the Red Oak are obovate in 

 outline, smooth, pale below, sinuately cut, 

 with rather narrow sinuses into short, acute, 

 spreading lobes. The acorn is oblong-ovoid, 

 much longer than the flat, saucer shaped 

 cup. It is probably the most abundant spe- 

 cies, especially in the thickly-wooded dis- 

 Itricts of our State. 



It is the least valuable of our native onks, 

 for the purposes of timber, or of fuel. For 

 ornamental purposes it is deserving of some 

 SWAMP CHESTNUT-OAK. attention. It grows readily and rapidly, in 

 almost any situation, and assumes a form of much beauty. 



