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Oak. Specimen of the British oak tiee, Quercus robur, in full leaf 



commemorating also the king's 

 escape from the parliamentarian 

 soldiers searching for him after the 

 battle of Worcester, when he hid 

 with Colonel Careless in the oak 

 at Boscobel, near Donington, in 

 Shropshire. Oak-apple day is still 

 observed in many parts of England, 

 notably at the Royal Hospital, 

 Chelsea, as Founder's Day, when 

 the statue of Charles II is decor- 

 ated with oak- leaves and solemnly 

 saluted. 



Oakeley, SIR HERBERT STANLEY 

 (1830-1903). British organist and 

 composer. Born in London, July 

 22, 1830, he was educated at Christ 

 Church, Oxford, and afterwards at 

 Dresden. Composer of many well- 

 known songs, anthems, etc., he 

 was professor of music at Edin- 

 burgh, 1865-91, and was knighted 

 in 1876. He died Oct. 26, 1903. 

 See Life, E. M. Oakeley, 1904. 

 >, Oakengates. Urban dist. and 

 market town of Shropshire, Eng- 

 land. It is 13 m. from Shrewsbury, 

 with stations on the L. & N.W. 

 and G.W. Rlys. The chief indus- 

 tries are the coal mines and iron- 

 works. Market day, Sat. Pop. 12,000. 



Oak Gall. Abnormal growth ot 

 the surface tissues of the oak, 

 caused by the attacks of gall-wasps. 

 The female gall-wasp pierces the 

 shoot-buds and deposits eggs in 

 the wounds, setting up irritation 

 which produces swelling of the 

 plant tissue. These attacks give 



Oak Gall. The marble 

 01 bullet gall 



rise to galls of various forms, but 

 all serve as food stores for the larva 

 which emerges from the egg. Oak 

 galld were for- 

 merly used in 

 i n k manufac- 

 t u r e, and are 

 still used in 

 dyeing. See 

 Gall Fly. 



O a kham. 

 Market town 

 and co. town of 

 Rutland, Eng 

 land. It is 94 

 m from London and 9 from Melton 

 Mowbray, with a station on the 

 Midland Rly. The chief building is 

 the church of All Saints. The ban- 

 queting hall of the castle, which 

 was built in the 12th century, is 

 used for county 

 business. Of in- 

 terest, too, are 

 Flore's House 

 and the butter 

 cross. The main 

 industries are the 

 manufacture o f 

 boots and shoes. 

 Oakham is also 

 a hunting centre. 



Oakbam arms 



The lord of the 



manor has the right to claim a 

 horseshoe from any peer passing 

 lor the first time through the town, 

 and there is a collection of these in 

 the castle hall. Market day, Mon 

 Pop. 3,700. 



Oakham school was founded in 



1584 by Rev. Robert Johnson. Its 

 constitution was remodelled in 

 1875, and it is now a public school 

 with accommodation for about 200 

 boys. The old school still stands ; 

 modern buildings, include the 

 school house, junior house, labora- 

 tories, gymnasium, sanatorium, etc. 



Oakland. City of California, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Alaraeda co. 

 A residential city opposite to San 

 Francisco, on the E. shore of San 

 Francisco Bay, it is served by the 

 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe 

 and other rlys., and has tramway 

 and ferry services. It is surrounded 

 by gardens and vineyards, and the 

 educational institutions include S. 

 Mary's R.C. College and a Congre- 

 gational seminary. The city has 

 shipbuilding yards, fruit canneries, 

 flour and planing mills, carriage 

 works, and cotton, iron and steel, 

 and leather manufactures. Oak- 

 land was incorporated in 1852, 

 and chartered as a city in 1854. 

 Pop 216,000 



Oak Park. Residential suburb 

 of Chicago, in Cook co., Illinois, 

 U.S.A. It lies 7 m. W. of the central 

 part of Chicago, and contains a 

 public library, a high school, and 

 charitable institutions. Pop. 39,900. 



Oaks,, THE. English horse-race. 

 It is run at Epsom on the Friday of 

 Derby week. The course is the 

 same as that of the Derby, and the 

 race is for fillies of three years old. 

 The Oaks is the name of a house 



