Hamiiiook oI' Tukks of 



E NOKTIIEKN Si 



AND CIanada. 139 



One of the commonest and largest of the 

 Oaks of the Atlantic states, the Ked Oak, in 

 the forest sometimes surpasses 100 ft. in height 

 with columnar t runic 3 or 4 ft. or more in 

 diauK'tcr. When isolated from other trees it 

 develops a wide rounded top with few large 

 far-reaching branches. It inhabits rich up- 

 lands, well drained slopes and river banl<;s, in 

 company with the White and Red Pines, Aspen, 

 Balsam Poplar. Pied Maple, etc., among which 

 its shining dark green foliage shows in pleas- 

 ing contrast. Seeming possessed of a con- 

 stitution hardier or more adaptable than other 

 Oaks it ranges farther north than anj' other 

 species and is more abundantl}' grown in Eu- 

 rope than any other American Oak. 



The wood of this species, though inferior to 

 that of the White Oak, is largely used for in- 

 terior finishing, furniture, etc. A cu. ft. when 

 absolutel}' dry weighs 40.76 Ibs.i 



Leaves oval to ohovato. .^i-O in. lone, olitnsc or 

 ronnded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, |)in- 

 nately divided about half way to midrib witli 

 oblique sinuses rounded at the bottom and tri- 

 angular lobes broad at base and l-.'-!-toothed at 

 apes with bristle-pointed teeth, at maturit.v glalv 

 ron.s dark green above, paler and usually glabrous 

 beneath. Floirers (May .Tune I : staminate in 

 pubescent aments. ;^.~» in. lone : calyx 4-r.-lobed ; 

 stamens 4-t> : pistillate flowers with glabrous 

 peduncles: styles elongated and spreading. Friiil, 

 ripe in October, of the second year after tlowei'in'j 

 solitary or in pairs, with short stalk ; acorn oval 

 with broad flat base, %-!% in. long, shell to- 

 mentose inside, abortive ovules apical, acorn suit- 

 tended by a very shallow saucer of closely im- 

 bricated puberulous scales.^ 



1. A. W.. I. 1.^,. 



2. For genus see pp. 4.10 4:n. 



