146 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



brown ; it is not very rough, and in old trees it is apt 

 to become detached in large, thin scales. 



The white oak is equally beautiful in spring, sum- 

 mer, and autumn ; it begins and ends with rich red 

 foliage, and in midsummer it is clothed in luxuriant 

 green. Its hard, tough wood is largely exported to 

 Europe, and it is used in the manufacture of carriages, 

 a variety of useful articles, and for the interior finish 

 of buildings. The tree grows from Maine to Minne- 

 sota and southward; it reaches its highest develop- 

 ment on the west slopes of the Alleghany Mountains, 

 in Tennessee and the Carolinas, and in the bottom 

 lands of the lower Ohio basin. It is rarely found in 

 northern New England, but farther south it is quite 



plentiful. At Middle- 

 ton, Mass., there is a 

 fine tree over 80 feet 

 high, and a certain 

 aged specimen in the 

 village of South See- 

 konk, Mass., is be- 

 lieved to be six hun- 

 dred years old. 



The post or 

 iron oak 

 grows from 

 50 to 60 feet and rarely 100 feet high in the for- 



Post Oak. 



Post or Iron Oak. 



Quercus stellata. 



