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Quercus alba, L. ( While Oak.) A well known and invaluable large tree ; 

 leaves pale or glaucous underneath, bright green above, obovate- oblong, 

 obliquely cut into 3—9 oblong or lineare and obtuse mostly entire 

 lobes. 



Quercus Priiius, L. (Swamp Chestnut Oak.) A flue tree ; leaves ovate. 

 coarsely dentate with rounded teeth, downy beneath, glabrous above- 

 Grows in moist places. 



Quercus Prinus, L. var. mouticola, Michx. Grows in rocky or hilly 

 woodland. 



Quercus Prinus, L. var discolor, Michx. A marked variety of the 

 previous one, with unequally and more deeply sinuate-toothed leaves. 



Quercus Castanea, Willd. (Fellow Chestnut Oak.) A middle-sized tree; 

 leaves oblong, acute, hoary white and minutely downy underneath, equally 

 and rather sharply toothed. 



Quercus prinoides, Willd. (Chinquapin, or Dwarf Chestnut Oak.) A shrub, 

 2 — 6 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate, coarsely wavy-toothed leaves. 



Quercus nigra, Catesby. (Black Jack or Barren Oak.) A fine tree, 8 — 25 

 feet high; leaves broadly wedge-shaped, but mostly rounded at the base, 

 rusty-pubescent beneath, shining above, large (4 — 9 inches long.) 



Quercus coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) A large tree ; the long-petioled 

 shining leaves turning bright scarlet in autumn. 



Quercus rubra, L. (Red Oak.) A good-sized tree ; leaves oblong, smooth, 

 turning dark red after frost. 



Quercus palustris, Du Roi. (Swamp Spanish or Pin Oak.) A very hand- 

 some middle-sized tree, with light and elegant foliage, to be found mostly 

 in low grounds. (All the Quercus amounting to about 8000 specimens.) 



Castanea, Tourn. (Chestnut.) 



Castanea vesca, L. (Chestnut.) A large tree, with oblong-lanceolate, shin 

 ing leaves. The flowers trowded in axillary catkins, cream-colored. Nuts 

 coriaceous, ovoid, enclosed 2 — 3 together or solitary iu the hard, prickly 

 4-valved involucre. June.— (About 500.) 



Fagus, Tourn. (Beech.) 



Fagus ferruginea, Ait. (American Beech.) A very handsome, large tree, 

 with smooth ash-gray bark, undivided strongly straight-veined leaves, and 

 a light horizontal spray. Flowers yellowish ; nuts sharply 3-sided, usually 

 2 in each involucre. May. (About 200.) 



