The Tree'embowered Mann Homestead 



largest leaves and acorns ; the live 

 oak, the willow oak, the post oak, an,l 

 some others. 



Rarer varieties whose adaptability to 

 the climate is still a matter of doubt, 

 are planted in boxes or in discarded 

 tinware. They are screened with wire 

 to protect them from marauding ani- 

 mals, and during inclement weather can 

 be removed to shelter. Among the va- 

 rieties thus grown are the blackjack 

 oak, the rock chestnut oak, the southern 

 water oak. the Bartram oak, the south- 

 ern laurel oak, the Texas red oak, the 

 holly oak, the Sterling or cleft-leaf rock 

 oak, the cinnamon oak, the blue jack oak 

 from Texas, the California black oak, 

 the mountain oak, the Hooker oak, a 

 weeping white oak from California 

 where the tree has a spread of 150 feet 

 and is more than 100 feet high ; the 

 Texas live oak, the chinquapin oak, a 

 western dwarf that grows like a bush ; 

 [the shingle or northern laurel oak ; the 

 lovercup oak, the Spanish oak, and the 

 |turkey oak. Besides these American 



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oaks, the English and the golden oak 

 are also represented. 



Nearly all these trees were grown 

 from seeds which Mr. Mann either 

 gathered in the woods or procured by 

 writing to persons at a distance who 

 are interested in forestry. Through 

 correspondence he has obtained seeds 

 from twenty-seven states. 



A striking evidence of Mr. Mann's 

 enthusiasm is the fact that he is re- 

 placing his apple orchard with an oak 

 grove. San Jose scale has wrought 

 havoc among the apple trees during the 

 past few years, and they are of little 

 value. So Mr. Mann is transplanting 

 oak trees from his beds to the orchard. 



Mr. Mann is striving to arouse the 

 cooperation of school children in his 

 tree-growing project. He is a member 

 of the township school board, and he 

 has planted oak trees on the groun-l- 

 of several schoolhouses and has al>" 

 placed attractively arranged collections 

 of the leaves of the various specir- 

 of oak trees in schoolhouses. Explain- 



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