“DESCRIPTION OF. NATIVE 
TREES 
Native and naturalized, found in the Northeastern 
United States (Maine to Virginia, and west to the Miss- 
issippi), with a very few of the commonest cultivated 
foreign species. 
For definition of terms see pp. 411-424. 
1. Small Magnolia. Sweet Bay. (Magnolia glauca.) 
LeaF: 4-6’, simple, alternate, entire, oblong or oval, whitish 
beneath, thickish, leathery. FLOWER: single, white, fragrant, 
2 broad, sepals 3, petals 6-9, broad ; June-August. RANGE: 
Cape Ann, southward near coast; low tree and shrub. (PI. VII.) 
2. Persimmon. Date-plum. (Diospyros Virginiana.) 
LEAF: 4'-6', simple, alternate, entire, ovate-oblong, thickish, 
glossy when mature. FLOWER: pistillate and staminate on dif- 
ferent trees, corolla pale yellow; June. Fruit: like plum, 1’ 
diameter, yellow, edible after frost. RANGE: Rhode Island to 
Illinois and south. 
3. Willow Oak. (Quercus Phellos.) 
LEAF: 3'-4', simple, alternate, entire, narrow, tapering at both 
ends, thickish, leathery. Acorn small, globular. RANGE: sandy 
woods, Long Island to Kentucky and south. (PI. I.) 
4. Shingle Oak. Laurel Oak. (Quercus imbricaria.) 
LEAF: 4-6’, simple, alternate, entire, lance-oblong, glossy 
above, downy beneath, thickish, leathery. RANGE: open wood- 
lands, New Jersey to Wisconsin and south. (PI. I.) 
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