258 | INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 
count of its great durability and ease of splitting, especially 
serviceable for fence rails and posts, poles, railway-ties, and 
cooperage; and it is strong enough to be of considerable use 
Fic. 243.—English Oak (Quercus pedunculata, Beech Family, Fagacee). 
1, flowering branch. 2, fruiting branch. 3, part of staminate flower- | 
cluster. 4, anthers. 5, anther, cut across. 6, pistillate flower. 7, same, 
cut vertically. 8, winter twig. (Willkomm.)—Tree growing 36 m. 
tall; bark grayish-brown or blackish, deeply furrowed; leaves dark 
green above, pale beneath; flowers greenish yellow; fruit brownish. 
Native home, Eurasia and Northern Africa. 
