THE BEECH, CHESTNUT, AND OAKS 



threads do not appear when the tree is in the 

 midst of a forest or when the summers are not 

 very warm. 



The wood of the mossy cup oak is even 

 more valuable than that of the white oak. It 

 is heavy, strong, hard, tough, close-grained, and 

 durable in contact with the soil. It is used 

 for the same purposes as that of the white 

 oak. 



One can easily trace the family resemblance 

 between the mossy cup oak and the cork tree 

 of Southern Europe, which yields the cork of 

 commerce. 



The specific name, macrocarpa, comes from 

 two Greek words meaning large fruit, and refers 

 to the cups and acorns. The mossy cup oak 

 is found in the West and in certain localities 

 in New England. It is found on the banks of 

 the Penobscot River in Maine, on the shores 

 of Lake Champlain in Vermont, and among 

 the Berkshire Hills, near Stockbridge, and on 

 the banks of the Ware River in Massachusetts. 



~, A middle-sized or small tree 



Chestnut or 



Rock Chestnut usually, although ^t is sometimes 



Oak 100 feet high. The bark does 



not flake. The buds are pointed, 



an exception for the white oaks. The buds 



are long in proportion to their width. There is 



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