CHAPTER IV. 



Broad-leaved Trees continued The Hornbeam The Locust Tree 

 Cobbett and the Locust Tree The Oak Acorns all bear a Family 

 Likeness The Oak succeeds in various Soils Roots of the Oak 

 penetrate the Ground deeply The Oak in exposed Situations 

 Lammas Shoots of the Oak Sowing Acorns The Site of Felled 

 Oaks good for Coppice Larch and Oak grow well together The 

 Parliament Oak The Mossy-cupped or Turkey Oak The Fulham 

 Oak Turner's Evergreen Oak The common Evergreen Oak 

 The Cork Tree Large Tree at Mamhead Nut Galls Red, 

 White, and Black American Oaks The Plane Tree The Eastern 

 Plane The Western Plane The Maple, Acer Pseudo-platanus 

 The Mock Plane or Sycamore The Sugar Maple The Norway 

 Maple The Striped-barked Maple The Red or Scarlet Maple 

 The Walnut Tree Royal or Common Walnut The Black Walnut 

 of America The Gray Walnut. 



THE HORNBEAM (Carpinus). The Hornbeam is less 

 cultivated, perhaps, than any other timber tree suited 

 to the climate of Great Britain, though in a few places 

 they are to be met with in considerable numbers. It 

 is most useful as a hedge plant, as it will grow in con- 

 fined spaces, will stand almost any amount of pruning, 

 and is less subject than most trees to atmospheric 

 influence and disease when confined within a narrow 

 compass. The tree belongs to the natural order 

 Corylacece. The genus includes only about four 

 species, which are all deciduous trees. The flowers of 

 the tree are unisexual, being in distinct catkins on 



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