. British trees. Trees. ii6 THE OAK. OAK GALLS. At certain times of year the appearance of the tree is trequentlv altered bv the work of the various insects that make a home in ; Some of these, of the order Cvnipidae, form the brown woodv "marble gall" the rosy polished "oak apple," the "crimson spangles," and the " artichoke" gall. These gall-liies puncture the young shoots and leaves, and especially the male catkins, in order that they may deposit their eggs, and round the wound the sap accumulates, and forms the gall. In spring-time the semi-t
. British trees. Trees. ii6 THE OAK. OAK GALLS. At certain times of year the appearance of the tree is trequentlv altered bv the work of the various insects that make a home in ; Some of these, of the order Cvnipidae, form the brown woodv "marble gall" the rosy polished "oak apple," the "crimson spangles," and the " artichoke" gall. These gall-liies puncture the young shoots and leaves, and especially the male catkins, in order that they may deposit their eggs, and round the wound the sap accumulates, and forms the gall. In spring-time the semi-transparent galls called " crimson spangles," often coyer the pendulous catkins, giving to them much the appearance of a bunch of red currants, and are sometimes so plentiful that from a distance the whole tree appears to be tinged with LEAF 'The larvx of nearly 70 insects live in the Oak; a list and short account of these is given in " Woodlands, Heaths and ;—W. S. Coleman. I. 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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