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Oak, continued 
White. Quercus alba. The white Oak, spreading 
its branches for nearly a hundred feet, possesses 
dignity and strength, representing the growth of 
over a century. What will it do in twenty years? 
Recall the io-foot sapling you knew by the fence, 
as a child? Now it is 30 feet high and wide, 
strong and lithe, dignified, full of promise, never 
loses what it gains. Would you not rather have 
it than the quicker Poplars already rotting and 
toppling to the earth? If you want a monument 
for the future, plant a grove of White Oaks. 
Chestnut. Q. prinus. The Chestnut Oak is native 
to two types of soil on Long Island; where drain- 
age is excessive — the slopes of Cold Spring Harbor 
and similar valleys, and of the Rockaway penin- 
sula. A large, handsome tree with chestnut-like 
foliage which turns to rich russet in autumn. 
Dwarf Chestnut. Q. prinoides. An almost un- 
known comrade of the Scrub Oak. On the Hemp- 
stead Plains it makes a carpet a foot high and 
several yards wide, creeping by underground 
stems. It will make a delicate and graceful shrub 
of 5 feet. Plant in shrubberies and on dry banks. 
Swamp White. Q- bicolor. The Swamp White 
Oak is a shaggy- barked tree, native to heavy 
land on Long Island. It is of the White Oak type, 
but grows more rapidly and is more upright. 
Its foliage stands city air. 
Mossy Cup, or Burr. Q. macrocarpa. A tall, 
rugged tree with twigs thickly ridged with cork. 
Scrub. Q. ilicifolia. The Scrub Oak need not be 
despised ; the melancholy effect of the thou- 
sands of acres of it on Long Island is due to the 
forest fires which cause the even-topped growth, 
ragged Pines and poverty of soil. Its dense 
growth and drought-resisting qualities make it 
valuable for nurse-planting on dry banks. It 
will form a round or flat-topped bush of 10 feet. 
Avenue of Red Oafe planted by us in 1905 on the 
Mineola Fair Grounds. They have outgrown some of the 
Maples, and already show the strong Oak character. 
Residence of Mr. John L. Lawrence, Lawrence, L. I. In 1897 we moved in large Pin Oaks, Wild Cherry, old 
Boxwood and large Shrubs, giving immediately the setting its architecture required. The gardener tells with amusement of 
some curious passers-by, who inquired how old the house was, and refused to believe his statement, " It was a bare held 
three years ago." 
