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down ; but when fully expanded, they are perfectly smooth, 
and of a delicate texture. Michaux. 
Chestnut White oak. ( Quercus Prinus palustris.) This 
species much resembles the last, but differs in having longer 
leaves, which are obovate, and deeply toothed. It is sparingly 
found in the northern states, and attains its greatest altitude 
in the south, where it is often seen 90 feet in height. Though 
generally found in the neighbourhood of swamps and low 
grounds, it grows with wonderful rapidity in a good, mode- 
rately dry soil, and from the beauty of its fine spreading head, 
and the quickness of its growth, is highly deserving of intro- 
duction into our plantations. 
The Yellow oak. (Q. Prinus acuminata.) The Yellow 
oak may be found scattered through our woods over nearly 
the whole of the Union. Its leaves are lanceolate, and re- 
gularly toothed, light green above, and whitish beneath; 
the acorns small. It forms a stately tree, 70 feet high ; and 
the branches are more upright in their growth, and more 
clustering, as it were, round the central trunk, than other 
species. The beauty of its long pointed leaves, and their pe- 
culiar mode of growth, recommend it to mingle with other 
trees, to which it will add variety. 
The Pin oak. ( Q . palustris.) The Pin oak forms a tree in 
moist situations, varying in height from 60 to 80 feet. The 
great number of small branches intermingled with the large 
ones, have given rise to the name of this variety. It is a 
hardy, free growing species, particularly upon moist soils. 
Loudon considers it, from its “far-extending, drooping 
branches, and light and elegant foliage,” among the most 
graceful of oaks. It is well adapted to small groups, and is 
one of the most thrifty growing and easily obtained of all our 
northern oaks. 
