FREES (J ROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 



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suggest the dainty 

 bird's nests that 

 they do in the 

 south. Hardly a 

 more beautiful tree 

 can be imagined in 

 cultivation when 

 enough room has JS-'f^\ 

 been given it U) "Wi^'l^^^ 

 toUow Its own bent 

 of development. 

 One then looks 

 upon its great head 

 and branches with 

 almost a feeling of 

 awe. 



As a timber tree 

 it is excelled in 

 value by few trees 

 of North America. 

 Its dark brown 

 wood closely resembles and is sometimes confused with that of 

 the white oak, but it is superior to it in strength. 



Qu^rcus macrockrpa. 



PIN OAK. WATER OAK. SWAHP SPANISH OAK. 



{Plate LXIV.) 

 Qu^rcus paliistris. 



FAMILY SHAPE 



Beech. Tnpering toicanfs the 



top.- lo~ver brancheSy 

 declined. 



HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



^0-60 feet., or Mass. southward May, June, 

 higher. and westxvard. Pruit: Sept. ^ Oct. 



Bark: dark grey or greenish brown; rough, with furrows that are slight 

 and far apart ; the bark of the branches often cracking and showing the reddish 

 inner bark. Leaves: three to five inches long ; simple ; altcruaie; with yellow 

 petioles ; obovate ; broad ; tapering or squared at the l)ase, and having from 

 five to nine lobes wiiich are toothed and bristle-tipped at the ends. Sinuses: 

 broad ; rounded ; and extending fully three quarters of the way to the midrib; 

 bright green ; smooth and lustrous above, paler below and tufted in the 



