NOVEMBER. 
OAK ( Quercus ). Hospitality. 
“The builder oake, sole king- of forrests all.” 
Spenser. 
he ancients believed that the 
oak, born with the earth, gave 
shelter and sustenance to the 
first men. This tree, conse¬ 
crated to Jupiter, shaded his 
cradle in Arcadia. The civic 
crown of oak leaves appeared 
to the Romans the most desirable of rewards. In 
Epirus, the oaks of Dodona gave oracles; those of 
Gaul covered the mysteries of the Druids. An account 
of all the celebrated oak trees in history would fill a 
volume. Tennyson has sung the “ Talking Oak,” and 
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