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Rural School Leaflet 



making possible the cutting of good saw logs from it. The red oak grows 

 farther north than any of the native oaks, and is not nearly so particular 

 as the white oak as to quality of soil. 



The common black oak is of relatively little importance. The tree 

 does not grow to such good proportions as the red oak, and the wood is 

 poorer in quality. It is used for railroad ties and rough timbers, but 

 it is not so durable as the red oak. 



The scarlet oak is a much smaller tree than either the red or the black 

 oak and it is almost always found growing on sandy or gravelly soils. 

 Its form is not good enough to make it an important timber tree. 



An oak tree in summer foliage 



The pin oak is a very graceful tree shaped like a pyramid with a straight 

 trunk and numerous slender branches. It is one of the best oaks for 

 ornamental purposes. 



The scrub oak and the blackjack oak, which are reall}- little more than 

 shrubs, cover vast areas that have been burned over and are often the 

 obstacle to having better trees on this kind of land. It is better, however, 

 to have them growing on the land than to have nothing at all, for in the 

 latter case the soil might be washed away by heav^* rains; and perhaps 

 it will be possible to start more desirable kinds of trees where the scrub 

 oaks are now gi-o\\dng, taking advantage of the protection that they 

 afford. 



