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Quercus Eobtir, L. (English Oak.) 

 Cultivated often, but a tree of slow growth. A few small trees are 

 growing on the roadside of Salem turnpike having escaped from the 

 Fay estate where there are fine specimens of this species. 



Var. peduneulata seems to be the most common form here. 



Quereus taicolor, Willd. (Swamp White Oak.) 

 Common, mostly in wet places or low grounds. Very variable 

 both as to the whiteness on the under side of the leaves, their cut- 

 ting, and the mossy fringe of the cup. 



Quercus Prinus, L. (Chestnut Oak.) 

 The region of Topsfleld, Boxford, Georgetown, Middleton, and 

 North Andover, seems to be the only locality from which this 

 species is collected. One tree noticed In Boxford differs much 

 from the ordinary foi-m and may prove to be another variety. Some 

 forms quite closely resemble the larger specimens of the next spe- 

 cies. 



Quercus prinoides, Willd,. (Chinquapin-Oak.) 

 " South Danvers (Peabody) Poor Farm,. June 5, 1857 " (S. P. 

 Fowler, Proc. E. I., Vol. II, p. 204); Georgetown (Mrs. Horner); 

 Boxford and Topsfleld, frequent. Absent in the southern and 

 eastern portions of the county. 



Quercus ilicifolia, Wang. (Bear or Black Scuub-Oak.) 

 Common in poor soil; most abundant in Peabody, Lynnfleld and 

 Topsfleld. In some towns absent. There is a variety with more 

 depressed acorns having rougher cups and seeming different from 

 the common form. 



Quercus coocinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 

 Boxford, Andover, Middleton, Topsfleld, Danvers. The fine and 

 deep cutting of the leaves gives the trees an exceedingly graceful 

 appearance. This species is quite distinct from the next and does 

 not seem to be present in many towns. 



Quercus tinctoria, Bart. (Black Oak ; Yellow-barked Oak.) 

 Abundant. Easily distinguished from the preceding by the general 

 coarser appearance and the yellow inner bark. 



Quercus rubra, L. (Rkd Oak.) 

 Common in all parts of the county. 



Castanea vu.lgaris. Lam., var. Americana, A. DO. (Chestnut.) 

 Castanea vesca, L. (Gray's Manual.) 



Lynnfleld, Danvers, Lynn (Tracy), towns on the Merrimac, etc. 

 Not very common. 



Fagus ferruginea, Ait. (American Beech.) 



"Rare in Lynn" (Tracy), Chebacco abundant, Merrimac valley, 

 etc. 



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