. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OAK FAMILY Acorns.—Annual, sessile or stalked, solitary or in pairs; nut oval, rounded at apex, pubescent at apex, from one-half to one inch in length, light chestnut brown ; cup cup-shaped inclosing one half of the nut, thin light brown and downy inside, red brown outside, to- mentose, scales thickened at the base, tips free toward the edge and forming a fringe at the rim. Kernel sweet. ' Tlie Yellow Oak is one of the mid-continental trees, abun- dant throughout the Mississippi valley
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OAK FAMILY Acorns.—Annual, sessile or stalked, solitary or in pairs; nut oval, rounded at apex, pubescent at apex, from one-half to one inch in length, light chestnut brown ; cup cup-shaped inclosing one half of the nut, thin light brown and downy inside, red brown outside, to- mentose, scales thickened at the base, tips free toward the edge and forming a fringe at the rim. Kernel sweet. ' Tlie Yellow Oak is one of the mid-continental trees, abun- dant throughout the Mississippi valley and reaching the greatest size in southern Indiana and Illinois. Like Qiici- ciis alba it frequently occurs with a white bark. The three chestnut oaks, Quociis priinis. Que ic Its acuminata, and Que reus piinoides run into each other by inseiisM)le gradations, and speci- mens will always be found on the border line that will puzzle the observer. Often when the leaves vary, the acorns will fix the species. Those of the Yellow Oak are small compared with those of the others. All are to a certain degree edible. The foliage mass of the Yel- low Oak is a light yellow green. The leaves unfold a bronze green, the newest sometimes with a purple tinge, and are so crowded at the end of the branchlets that the foliage has a tufted look. The autumnal tint is yellow, sometimes flushed with Yellow Oak, Qiin-tin aciinnncita. Acorn J4' to i' long. DWARF CHINQUAPIN OAK. SCRUB CHESTNUT OAK Qut'rcHs prinoidcs. A shrub growing in clumps, varying in height from two to twelve feet. Ranges from Massachusetts to North Carolina, westward to Missouri, Nebraska, central Kansas, Indian Territory and eastern Texas. In Missouri and Kansas becoming tree-like. Prefers dry sandy or rocky soil. 344. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble th
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