VEGETABLES. 



southern states ; noted for the beauty of its form, 

 and size of its acorns, which are sweet and abundant; 

 they are much sought after by wild beasts, also by 

 hogs: the wood is excellent, and much used by 

 wheel-wrights, being easily split : and it is also used 

 to make brooms and baskets. 



2d Variety. Qiiercus firinus (monticola), Q, /iri- 

 nW: of Marshall, mountain chesnut oak. 



Height from 40 to50 feet, leaves wh tish underneath ; 

 rhomboidal; obtusely dcntated, petioles sliort; acorn 

 oblong and middle-sized; grows throughout the 

 United States on high m .untains: acorns of this va- 

 riety are abundant; and the wood as much esteemed 

 as the white oak; its bark is much valued by tan- 

 ners. 



3d variety, Quercus firinus (acuminata) narrow 

 leaf chesnut oak. 



Height between 70 and 80 feet ; leaves sometimes 

 whitish, long petioles, w^itii an obtuse base and sharp-ly 

 dentated : acorn middle sized, cup thin, not quite 

 hemispherical : grows in all rich grounds %vest of the 

 Alleghany ; ail the varieties of the chesnut oak have 

 many good qualities ; the acorns are sv/eet, and bark 

 much used for tanning. 



4th. Quercus firinus (pumulus), prinus pumilusof 

 Marshall, chinquapin oak. 



Height three feet ; leaves spear-pointed, petiole 

 short, acorn like the preceding ; grows in the west- 

 ern part of Virginia and Carolina. 



5th. Quercus firinus (tomentosa), downy chesnut 

 oak. 



Grows abundantly in the lUinois, in a vast marshy 

 |)lain ; its leaves are downy, nearly oval, obtusely 



