TflE OAKS WITH ACORNS. 



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ties.* My larger drawing was taken from a young 

 tree ia Campton, IsT. H., and tliat of the single leaf 

 was taken from a tree in New Jersey. 



The bark of the trunk is dark gray-brown, 

 with a surface of scaly plates. The 

 tree grows rapidly and is 

 peculiarly adapted for the 

 ornamentation of 

 parks and road- 

 sides in the most 

 northern States, 

 although it is 

 by no means as 

 beautiful as the 

 following spe- 

 cies. 



Scarlet Oak. The 



Quercas coccinea.- ggg^p. 



let oak deserves its 

 name, as the leaves 

 turn a most bril- 

 liant red, all lut 

 scarlet.f This statement may seem a trifle anoma- 



Red Oak. 



* Vide Silva of North America, C. S. Sargent. 



•)• Scarlet is a red thoroughly saturated with yellow ; vermilion 

 is typical of such a color, and it is commonly seen in the Madame 

 Crozy oanna. 



