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The white oak f^uercus alba J. Mo A of 

 the young trees which were not above a 

 quarter of a yard iii diameter, had the great- 

 eft part of their leaves ftill on them, but 

 the old trees had loft mod; of theirs, except 

 in fome places where they have got new 

 moots. The colour of the dry leaves was 

 much paler in the white oak than in the 

 black one. 



The black oak (as it is commonly called 

 here). Dr. Lhmcem calls it the red oak, 

 ^uercus rubra. Moft of the young trees 

 ftill preferved their dried leaves. Their co- 

 lour was reddifh brown, and darker than 

 that of the white oak. 



The Spanijh oak, which is a mere variety 

 of the black oak. The young trees of this 

 kind like wife keep their leaves. 



A scarce /pedes of oak w hich is k n o wn 

 by its leaves having a triangular apex or top, 

 whofe angles terminate ill a fhort briftle ; 

 the leaves are fmooth below, but woolly 

 above *. The young oaks of this fpecies 

 had frill their leaves. 



When I came into any wood where the 

 above kinds of oaks were only twenty years, 

 and even not fo old, I always found the 

 leaves on them. 



* This feems to be nothing but a variety of tfie Querent 

 rubra. Linn. F. 



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