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^. Quercus alba minor. Barren White Oak. 



This grows generally upon poor, barren, or wafte 

 land, riling perhaps to the height of thirty or forty 

 feet, covered with fcaly greyifh bark. The leaves 

 are fomewhat rough, but of a ftiining green above, 

 fomewhat paler underneath ; they are finuated deep- 

 ly, moll obtufely, and irregularly; the lobes orpro- 

 duftions (if I may be allovv^ed the expreffion) are 

 obtufe, often fomewhat angular, and very irregular. 

 The acorns are fmall and ftriped. The timber is ac- 

 counted very durable for pofts, to fet in the earth ; 

 otherwife not much efteemed unlefs for fuel. 



3, QiiERCUS alba paluftris. Swamp White Oak. 



This becomes a pretty large fpreading tree, of two 

 or three feet in diameter and of proportionable height. 

 The bark is often rougher or more furrowed than 

 the other kinds, and greyifli coloured. The leaves 

 are fomewhat wedge-fliaped or narrowed towards the 

 bafe, and toothed on their edges and extremities. 

 The acorns are larger and rounder than thofe of the 

 common White Oak, and have larger and thicker 

 cups, fupported often by pairs upon a long, ftrong 

 footftalk. 



* * Quercus nigra. Black Oak. 



4, QjjERCUs nigra. Conmon Pennfyhanian Black 



Oak. 



This grows to the height of fixty or feventy feet, 

 and to three or four feet in diameter, with large 

 fpreading branches. The leaves are large, fpread- 

 ing, and fomewhat woolly; their footftalks longer 

 than thofe of the White Oak. They are irregular- 



