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a slow grower, and is difficult to transplant. It would not 
be advisable to attempt to cultivate it very far from its nat- 
ural vange. The soil should be rich, moist, well drained. 
Wherever the tree can be successfully grown its planting 
should be encouraged. 
2. Quercus stellata Wangenheim. Post Oak. A large for- 
est tree reaching 100° in height with diameter of 2°-3°, but 
generally smaller. The branches are widespreading, forming a 

Fig. 9. Quercus stellata. 
rounded crown. Bark about one inch thick, reddish, furrowed 
on main trunk, smooth on young twigs. Leaves obovate, 
d-lobed, the middle pair of lobes much larger than the basal, 
the notch between the lower and middle lobes very deep and 
wide. The lower lobes are rounded, the upper two or more 
with secondary lobes. The leaves are thick, firm, dark green 
above with light stellate hairs, densely hairy beneath with 
hght yellow or silvery hairs. Acorn ovoid about 14’ long, 14 
to 1% enclosed in the saucer shaped cup. 
