174 IRambles with IRature Students 



This is the best season of the year to study our 

 native oaks, because we can easily identify them 

 by their acorns. We possess in reality but one 

 indigenous species, known as Quercus robur, but 

 there are two varieties, Quercus bedunculata, which 



LONG- STALKED OAK. 



has acorns on much longer stalks than Quercus robur, 

 and Quercus sessiliflora, which produces its acorns 

 clustered together upon the twigs without any stalks. 

 Its leaves are also broader and more closely grouped 

 together. 



The deeply-cut leaves of the imported Turkey 



