THE OAKS 



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In the second class are the red, scarlet, hlack, pin, 

 laurel, and willow oaks. 



The difference in the leaves of these trees is so great 

 that we need never mistake one for the other. Notice the 

 cut of the red oak and compare it with that of the white 

 oak. The latter has rounded lobes, while the red-oak 

 leaf has sharp points and the 

 fingers of the leaf are indented 

 again with smaller teeth. 



The different trees in the 

 white-oak family all have 

 leaves with rounded lobes, and 

 most of those in the red-oak 

 group have pointed ones, yet 

 there is a dift'erence between 

 members of the same family, 

 just as among human beings. 



We can tell at a glance 

 whether a man is a negro, a 

 Chinaman, or a white man. If Fig. 80. Leaf of the Post Oak 

 a white man, he may be a Frenchman or an American ; 

 and again, if an American, he may belong to the Jones 

 family. But all the members of the Jones family do not 

 look alike and we know one from another. 



This is true of trees. No two are alike, and we can 

 tell from observation whether a tree is an everarreen or 



