. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 374 Silk Oak so; ovary stalked; the style is elongated and persistent; ovules 2, collateral. The fruit is a compressed, oblique, eUiptic follicle, about 2 cm. long, recurved on its long slender stalk and tipped with the long slender style, dark brown and splitting open on one edge exposing the flat-winged yellowish seed. The elastic wood of the Silk oak is valued in Australia for Fig. 330. — Silk Oak. Seedling pla
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 374 Silk Oak so; ovary stalked; the style is elongated and persistent; ovules 2, collateral. The fruit is a compressed, oblique, eUiptic follicle, about 2 cm. long, recurved on its long slender stalk and tipped with the long slender style, dark brown and splitting open on one edge exposing the flat-winged yellowish seed. The elastic wood of the Silk oak is valued in Australia for Fig. 330. — Silk Oak. Seedling plants from i to 5 dm. high are much admired and are grown in great numbers by florists on account of their fem-hke foliage and used as centerpieces for small fern dishes. In Florida and California the tree is grown for its general beauty and brifliant flowers, which are valued as a source of honey for bees. It grows rapidly in dry sandy soils. The genus is a large one, comprising probably 200 species of shrubs or trees, mostly AustraUan. The name is in honor of Charles Francis Greville, an Enghsh- man, prominent as a member of the Royal Society and a liberal patron of botany. The type species is Grevillea punicea R. 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 the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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