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seen a wild specimen in the neighborhood of Hartsville, but it 

 occurs at Society Hill and Darlington. There are several trees 

 in the College campus and one on Home avenue in front of the 

 Baptist Parsonage. 



European Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). 



A small tree with a symetrical rounded crown and long leaves 

 with parallel veins that are tipped with sharp teeth. The leaf is 

 much like that of the American chestnut, but somewhat smaller. 

 The burs and nuts are larger than in the American chestnut, but 

 the nut is not so sweet. It is much used as a food in Italy and 

 Spain. There is a fine specimen of this tree in Mr. J. J. Lawton's 

 garden : it bears full-sized burs, but the nuts never fill out. 



Darlington Oak {Quercus laurifolia Michx.). 



A good-sized tree with small, oblong leaves that are usually 

 without lobes or teeth. On vigorous shoots the leaves are often 

 lobed or toothed at the end or even near the base, and in such 

 cases they are apt to be broadest at the end, much as in the water 

 oak. The leaves are evergreen in part, those towards the 

 periphery of the tree falling first, and many nearer the center 

 persisting through the entire winter. The tree is nearest the 

 water oak, and is much like it in leaf, fruit, size, and habit. The 

 Darlington oak or laurel oak (the name under which it is more 

 widely known) is a native of the coastal region from Virginia to 

 Louisiana. It is much planted as a street tree in Darlington and 

 some other towns of the coastal plain, and it has become natu- 

 ralized at Darlington. There are good specimens in the lawns of 

 Major Coker and Mr. J. J. Law ton. 



Live Oak {Quercus virginiana Mill.). 



A magnificent broad-crowned tree with small evergreen oblong 

 leaves that are pale beneath and usually without teeth or lobes. 

 There are several good young trees on the College campus. The 

 live oak is native along the coast from Virginia to Texas. 



Overcup Oak ( Quercus lyrata Walt. ) . 



A large tree of river swamps and lowlands. The leaves are 

 somewhat like those of the post oak, but are longer and more 

 deeply and narrowly lobed. The acorns are almost entirely 

 enclosed in the cup. The species is native to the swamps of the 

 Southeastern United States. There are several specimens on 



