THE OAKS WITH ACORNS. 



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ties * My larger drawing was taken from a young 

 tree in Campton, N. H., and that of the single leaf 

 was taken from a tree in New Jersey. 



The bark of the trunk is dark gray-brown, 

 with a surface of scaly plates. The 

 tree grows rapidly and is 

 peculiarly adapted for the 

 ornamentation of 

 parks and road- 

 sides in the most 

 northern States, 

 although it is 

 by no means as 

 beautiful as the 

 following spe- 

 cies. 



Scarlet Oak. The 

 Quercus coccinea. gear- 

 let oak deserves its 

 name, as the leaves 

 turn a most bril- 

 liant red, all but % Red0ak - 

 scarlet, f This statement may seem a trifle anoma- 



* Vide Silva of North America, C. S. Sargent. 



f Scarlet is a red thoroughly saturated with yellow : vermilion 

 is typical of such a color, and it is commonly seen in the Madame 

 Crozy canna. 



