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the cup of a moderate size, almost spherical, studded 

 with pointed tubercles ; nearly enveloping the acorn, 

 the peduncle sometimes very short. Grows in 

 South Carolina and Georgia, on low grounds, fre- 

 quently overflown by rivers. 



4th. Quercus alba^ white oak. q, alba fialustris^ 

 or swamp white oak of Marshall. 



Height 65 feet, bark whitish, rising by longitudinal 

 bands, in proportion as it comes to its growth. Leaves 

 almost uniformly pinnatifid, obtusely indented, lobes 

 often entire, smooth and whitish underneath. Cup 

 half globed, tuberculous, acorn oval, of a moderate 

 size, peduncle sometimes very short. Grows gene- 

 rally throughout North America. This oak fur- 

 nishes the best timber for houses, and ship building, 

 and liquor casks, in preference to those made of red 

 oak, and many other species, which will only hold dry 

 articles. Brooms and baskets are made of it. Par- 

 kinson* says, that the Indians boil the acorns to ex- 

 tract the oil, which they mix with their food. They 

 are very sweet. 



5th. Quercus firinus^ 1st variety, sv/amp chesnut 

 oak. 



Height from 70 to 90 feet; whitish bark detaching 

 longitudinal bands when fully grown ; leaves mode- 

 rately long in the spring; during the summer some^ 

 times very woolly in old trees. Acorn large ; cap- 

 sule shallow, very scaly ; peduncle sometimes very 

 short: grows in North and South Carolina, Georgia 

 and Florida, in low lands and thick woods. 



This tree is one of the largest that grows in the 



* The botanist; not the f;arme'r. 



