THE OAKS 73 
grows the willow oak, famous for its shade and its 
leaves, which resemble those of the willow. A little 
farther north we find, along the Ohio valley, the shingle 
oak, so called from the fact that its wood is mostly 
made into shingles. It is also known as the laurel 
oak, because its leaves are shaped like those of the 
laurel, although not 
so glossy. 
This is such an 
odd shape for an oak 
leaf that one would 
be likely to pass it 
by and not recog- 
nize it but for the 
fact that it bears 
acorns. This is al- 
ways the test, — 
“By their fruits ye 
shall know them.” 
If we meet a new Fic. 87. Pin Oak in Winter 
tree which seems 
not to be an oak because its leaves are new to us, and 
it bears acorns, we may be sure it is an oak. 
A very interesting group of trees which come under 
this head are the chestnut oaks. At first glance one 
would take one of these trees to be a chestnut, but it 
