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count of its great durability and ease of splitting, especially 

 serviceable for fence rails and posts, poles, railway-ties, and 

 cooperage; and it is strong enough to be of considerable use 



Fig. 243.— English Oak (Qucrcus pediniculnta. Beech Family, Fagarece). 

 1, flowering branch. 2, fruiting branch. 3, part of staminate flower- 

 cluster. 4, anthers. 5, anther, cut across. 6, pistillate flower. 7, same, 

 cut vertically. H, winter twig. (Willkomm.) — Tree growing 36 m. 

 tall; bark grayish-brown or blackish, deeply furrowed; leaves dark 

 green above, pale beneath; flowers greenish yellow; fruit brownish. 

 Native home, Eurasia and Northern Africa. 



