The Oak. 



American Oaks are, according to Michaux, twenty-five 

 in number; as follows: 1st. White Oak {Qaercus Alba) ; 

 2d. Black Oak {Quercus Tinctoria) ; 3d. Red Oak {Querais 

 Rubra) ; 4tb. Swamp White Oak {Querais Prims Discolor) ; 

 5th. OvERcup White Oak {Quercus Macrocarpa) ; 6th. 

 Chesnut White Oak {Quercus Prinus Palustris) ; 7th. 

 Scarlet Oak {Quercus Coccinea) ; 8th. Black Jack Oak 

 Quercus Ferruginea) ; 9th. Grey Oak {Quercus Ambiguo) ; 

 10th. Mossy Cup Oak {Quercus OlivcBformis) ; 11th. Post 

 Oak {Quercus Obtusiloba) ; 12th. Over cup Oak {Quercus 

 Lyrata) ; 13th. Yellow Oak {Quercus Prinus Jcuminata) ; 

 14th. Small Chesnut Oak {Quercus Prinv.s Chine apin) ; 

 15th Bertram Oak {Quercus Heteropliylla) ; 16th. Water 

 Oak {Quercus Aquatica) ; 17th. Bear Oak {Quercus Canis- 

 teri) ; 18th. Barren Scrub Oak {Quercus Catesbm) ; 19th. 

 Pin Oak {Quercus Palustris), The foregoing^are the decidu- 

 ous Oaks. The Evergreens are, Ist. The Live Oak {Quercus 

 Virens) ; 2d. The Cork Oak {Quercus Subea) 3 3d. The 

 Willow Oak {Quercus Phellos) ; 4th. Laurel Oak {Quer- 

 cus Imbricaria) ; 5th. Upland Willow Oak {Quercus Cine- 

 ria) ; 6th. Running Oak {Quercus Pumila), 



441. These Oaks all differ in some degree, and that degree 

 pretty striking. The foliage of them all is beautiful, espe- 

 cially after it has been taken by the frost in the fall of the 

 year. Some of these Oaks are represented as not growing 

 much higher than a man's head ; and one of them, not 

 above a foot and a half high, when it is covered with acorns 

 bending the branches down to the ground. But, I think 

 worthy of recommendation, as trees to be planted in Eng- 

 land, for the purpose of Timber, none but the White Oak 

 and the Black Oak, amongst those of a deciduous cha- 

 racter ; and none but the Live Oak amongst those of the 



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