32 BULLETIN 816, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
smaller and not quite so nearly evergreen as the laurel oak. It 
is found wild about Darlington, S. C., where a good form of the laurel 
oak appears to have been introduced as a shade tree in the early 
part of the nineteenth century. (Fig. 23.) Its range of usefulness 
lies in regions 11 and 12. | 
The laurel oak?! is a large, oval-headed tree that is not as rugged 
and irregular as the live oak, but is suitable for street planting in 
regions 11, 12,and 13. It has large, thick, glossy leaves, and in 
the warmer regions it is almost evergreen. It is readily trans- 
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Fig. 23.—A Darlington oak as seen in late summer, Darlington, S. C. 
planted, but as it is not so common in the woods as the willow oak 
and the water oak, it has not been so much used.as a street tree. 
The live oak? (fig. 16) is probably the noblest and most majestic 
of the oaks of regions 12 and 13. It is evergreen and of slow growth, 
but wherever it is found, whether on streets or in public parks, it is 
the pride of the people. Although an evergreen it is sufficiently 
open headed to make a good street tree. When it becomes old it is 
spreading and as a rule does not form as high a head as the willow 
oak and the laurel oak. Compared with other southern oaks it is 
dificult to transplant. It is of sufficient merit to be used on broad 
1 Quercus laurifolia Michx. 2 Quercus virginiana Mill. 
