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Quercus Robur, LZ. (ENGLISH Oak.) 
Cultivated often, but a tree of slow growth. A few small trees are 
growing on the roadside of Salem turnpike having escaped from the 
Fay estate where there are fine specimens of this species. 
Var. pedunculata seems to be the most common form here. 
Quercus bicolor, Willd. (Swamp WHITE Oak.) 
Common, mostly in wet places or low grounds. Very variable 
both as to the whiteness on the under side of the leaves, their cut- 
ting, and the mossy fringe of the cup. 
Quercus Prinus, LZ. (CHESTNUT Oak.) 
The region of Topsfield, Boxford, Georgetown, Middleton, and 
North Andover, seems to be the only locality from which this 
species is collected. One tree noticed in Boxford differs much 
from the ordinary form and may prove to be another variety. Some 
forms quite closely resemble the larger specimens of the next spe- 
cies. 
Quercus prinoides, Willd. (CHINQUAPIN-OAK.) 
‘‘South Danvers (Peabody) Poor Farm, June 5, 1857” (S. P. 
Fowler, Proc. E.I., Vol. II, p. 204); Georgetown (Mrs. Horner) ; 
Boxford and Topsfield, frequent. Absent in the southern and 
eastern portions of the county. 
Quercus ilicifolia, Wang. (BEAR oR Brack ScrusB-Oak.) 
Common in poor soil; most abundant in Peabody, Lynnfield and 
Topsfield. In some towns absent. There is a variety with more 
depressed acorns having rougher cups and seeming different from 
the common form. 
Quercus coccinea, Wang. (SCARLET Oak.) 
Boxford, Andover, Middleton, Topsfield, Danvers. The fine and 
deep cutting of the leaves gives the trees an exceedingly graceful 
appearance. This species is quite distinct from the next and does 
not seem to be present in many towns. 
Quercus tinctoria, Bart. (BLack Oak; YELLOW-BARKED Oak.) 
Abundant. Easily distinguished from the preceding by the general 
coarser appearance and the yellow inner bark. 
Quercus rubra, LZ. (Rep Oak.) 
Common in all parts of the county. 
Castanea vulgaris, Lam., var. Americana, A. DC. (CHESTNUT.) 
Castanea vesca, Z. (Gray’s Manual.) 
Lynnfield, Danvers, Lynn (Tracy), towns on the Merrimac, etc. 
Not very common. 
Fagus ferruginea, Ait. (AMERICAN BEECH.) 
‘Rare in Lynn” (Tracy), Chebacco abundant, Merrimac valley, 
etc. 
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