312 Trees for Shade and Ornament 



high, with pretty foliage of the white oak type, and of similar hue as 

 the preceding, is useful for the same purposes. 



The wealth of American forms is so great that there is hardly any 

 need for introducing foreigners, yet at least three may be mentioned as 



Fig. 112. — Italian Oak. Quercus conferta Kit. 



occasionally planted and having merits of their own. Although be- 

 longing botanically to the white oaks, their bark is brown or at least 

 dark and ridgy: 



Q. Rohur Linn. (304), English Oak, comprising two very similar 

 species, pedunculata and sessiliflora, the principal oak of Europe, 

 nearly hardy to Ottawa; a large tree forming a broad, round-topped, 

 spreading head, with glossy leaves, oblong and somewhat more evenly 



