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Oak, continued 



White. Quercus alba. The white Oak, spreading 

 its branches for nearly a hundred feet, possesses 

 dignity and strength, representing the growth of 

 over a century. What will it do in twenty years? 

 Recall the lO-foot sapling you knew by the fence, 

 as a child? Now it is 30 feet high and wide, 

 strong and lithe, dignified, full of prc-mise, never 

 loses what it gains. Would you not rather have 

 it than the quicker Poplars already rotting and 

 toppling to the earth? If you want a monument 

 for the future, plant a grove of White Oaks. 



Chestnut. Q. prinus. The Chestnut Oak is native 

 to two types of soil on Long Island; where drain- 

 age is excessive the slopes of Cold Spring Harbor 

 and similar valleys, and of the Rockaway penin- 

 sula. A large, handsome tree with chestnut-like 

 foliage which turns to rich russet in autumn. 



Dwarf Chestnut. Q. prinoides. An almost un- 

 known comrade ot the Scrub Oak. On the Hemp- 

 stead Plains it makes a carpet a foot high and 

 several yards wide, creeping by underground 

 stems. It will make a delicate and graceful shrub 

 of 5 feet. Plant in shrubberies and on dry banks. 



Swamp White. Q. bicolor. The 1 Swamp White 

 Oak is a shaggy-barked tree, native to heavy 

 land on Long Island. It is of the White Oak type, 

 but grows more rapidly and is more upright. 

 Its foliage stands city air. 



Mossy Cup, or Burr. Q. macrocarpa. A tall, 

 rugged tree with twigs thickly ridged with cork. 



Scrub. Q. ilicifolia. The Scrub Oak need not be 

 despised ; the melancholy effect of the thou- 

 sands of acres of it on Long Island is due to the 

 forest fires which cause the even-topped growth, 

 ragged Pines and poverty of soil. Its dense 

 growth and drought-resisting qualities make it 

 valuable for nurse-planting on dry banks. It 

 will form a round or flat-topped bush of 10 feet. 



Aoenue of Red Oafa planted by us in 1905 on the 

 Mineola Fair Grounds. They have outgrown some of the 

 Maples, and already show the strong Oak character. 



Residence of Mr. John L. Lawrence, Lawrence, L. I. In 1897 we moved in large Pin Oaks, Wild Cherry, old 

 Boxwood and large Shrubs, giving immediately the setting its architecture required. The gardener tells with amusement of 

 some curious passers-by, who inquired how old the house was, and refused to believe his statement, " It was a bare field 

 three years ago." 



