THE GROJFTH OF THE OAK 



places, doesn't make close determinations; he 

 tells what he thinks he sees, and leaves exact 

 work to the scientists. 



There are some oaks, however, that have 

 borrowed the foliage of other trees so cunningly 

 that one at first scouts the possibility of the 

 Quercus parentage, until he sees an undeniable 

 acorn thrusting itself forward. Then he is sure 

 that what seemed a rather peculiarly shaped 

 chestnut tree, with somewhat stumpy foliage, is 



A blooming twig of the swamp white oak 

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