CHAPTER XL 



I. Simple Alternate Leaves. 

 2. With teeth (some without). B. Edge divided. 



THE OAKS WITH ACORNS WHICH RIPEN 



IN ONE YEAR. 



There are so many oaks, and there is sucli an in- 

 finite variety to the shape of their leaves, that it is 

 best for us to learn the exact location * of each spe- 

 cies, and carefully note the differences which exist 

 between their acorns, bark, wood, etc. I have there- 

 fore placed the oaks in regular botanical order. First 

 come the white oaks, chestnut oaks, and the ever- 

 green-leaved live oak, all of which bear acorns which 

 ripen within the year; next the black and red oaks, 

 whose acorns take two years in which to mature ; and 

 finally, the leather-leaved oaks, some of which are 

 almost or quite evergreen in the South; these also 

 take two years in which to ripen their acorns. It 



* I am indebted to Prof. C. S. Sargent in many instances for 

 the precise localities of certain species. 



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