TREES AND SHRUBS 



Native of S. Europe and N. Africa; introduced about middle of sixteentli 

 century. Also called Holm or Holly Oak, from its leaves sometimes resembling 

 the Holly ; a corruption of M.E. holin, a holly ; A.S. holen, holegn. 



BLACK JACK, Querciif; marilandica. 



Parks, gardens. May. 



Flowers monoecious ; 3Iale catkins 2-4 ins. long, hoary ; Perianth 

 4-5-partite, thin, scarious, pale-pubescent, lobes ovate ; Females on short 

 rusty-tomentose peduncles ; Stigmas dark red, scales rusty ; Fruit a glans, 

 solitary or in pairs, usually pedunculate ; acorn oblong, f in. long, enclosed for 

 nearly | its length in cup, scales reddish-brown, often ciliate and tomentose, 

 upper rows forming a thick rim. 



Leaves alternate, broadly obovate, rounded or cordate at base, 3-5-lobed, 

 pink and tomentose when young, afterwards firm, thick, or sub-coriaceous, 

 dark lustrous yellow-green above, yellow, orange, or brown below, 6-7 ins. 

 long and broad, petioles stout, yellow. Autumn tints brown and yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 30-50 ft. ; Branches short, spreading, often contorted ; 

 Tivigs tomentose, with stellate hairs when young, becoming glabrous or 

 puberulous, brown or grey ; Bark deeply divided into quadrangular plates ; 

 Buds ovate or oval, angled, red-brown, hairy ; Wood heavy, hard, strong, 

 dark brown. 



Native of U.S.A. 



SWAMP OAK, Quercus palustris. 



Parks, plantations. May. Though most at home in swamp and low ground, 

 it will thrive in any good rich soil. 



Floivers monoecious ; Catkins pilose ; Fruit a glans (acorn), ovoid or globose, 



solitary or pairs, '^\ in. long, cups sub-sessile, fiat, shallow, saucer-shaped, 



scales closely packed, 5 in number. 



Leaves alternate, elliptical-oblong, deeply and widely sinuated, cuneate at 



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