118 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
an inch long, three eighths to half an inch broad; cup 
with fine scales inclosing about one third of the nut; a 
medium-sized tree, quite handsome, and worthy of cultiva- 
tion. New England to the Mississippi and southward. 
Quercus PRINoiDES (Dwarf Chestnut Oak).—This is 
only a small shrub, not worthy of cultivation. 
Quercus Vrrens (Live Oak) and QuERCUS CINEREA 
(Upland Wiliow Oak) are evergreen species, natives of 
the Southern States; not hardy at the North. 
Qurrcus PxHettos ( Willow Oak).—Leaves two to four 
inches long, very narrow, tapering to both ends, resembling 
the leaves of some species of willow, smooth on both sites 
when fully grown; acorn small; cup shallow, merely in- 
closing the end of the hemispherical nut; tree forty to 
sixty feet high. Southern New Jersey and westward, also 
in Florida and Alabama. ‘The acorns of this and the next 
species do not ripen until the fall of the second year. 
QuERcUS IMBRICARIA (Shingle Oak).—Leaves lanceo- 
late oblong, acute at both ends, smooth above, slightly pu- 
bescent beneath ; acorn nearly round, small; cup inclosing 
about one third of the nut; tree forty to fifty feet high ; 
wood coarse-grained, much used by the early settlers at 
the West for shingles. 
Quercus aquatica ( Water Oak).—Leaves. obovate ob- 
long or wedge-shape, smooth on both sides, partially three 
lobed at the summit; acorn small, set in a shallow cup, 
tree of medium size, and found chiefly in low, wet grounds 
at the South. 
Quercus nicRA (Black-Jack Oak).—Lea:<s very large, 
broadly wedge-shape, mostly three-lobed a. ihe summit, 
