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DEPARTMENT BULLETIN 863, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE. 



hickory? The oaks are divided into the red and the white oaks. 

 "What is a typical leaf of each class? 



Fig. 1. 



-White oak, a woodland tree of wide distribution and high, value, representative 

 of the pure hardwood type. 



You will probably begin this study in the autumn, so before the 

 leaves fall and your memory of them fails, press and either mount 

 them or place in paper folders, and label with name, place where 

 found, and date. 



