. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OAK FAMILY of dense tawny tomentum. Cup turbinate, deep, covers one-third to two-thirds of nut, is thick, pale brown and downy within, without it is covered by large, reddish brown, loosely imbricated scales, coated with tomentum. On top of cup are rows of smaller scales which form a thick rim around the inner surface. Black Tack is such a peculiar name for a tree that on hear- ing it for the first time, one immediatel}'asks for an explana- tion. The authorities are silent on the subjec
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OAK FAMILY of dense tawny tomentum. Cup turbinate, deep, covers one-third to two-thirds of nut, is thick, pale brown and downy within, without it is covered by large, reddish brown, loosely imbricated scales, coated with tomentum. On top of cup are rows of smaller scales which form a thick rim around the inner surface. Black Tack is such a peculiar name for a tree that on hear- ing it for the first time, one immediatel}'asks for an explana- tion. The authorities are silent on the subject so one can develop his own theory without fear or favor. This oak varies from shrub to small tree. Its very presence marks the sterility of the soil. Its wood is worthless compared with that of other oaks. It is the pariah of its kind. Since very early times Jack has, in certain ways, been used as a word of opprobrium. A worthless fel low was a Jack. What more likely, than that the first settlers of this coun- try finding this worthless oak upon worthless land should name it in opprobrium the Jack Oak. As the bark was dark, almost black, it became Black Jack Oak and oak soon drop- ping out, it became as we know it to-day—Black Jack. 'J'he leaves of this oak are extremely variable, always obo- vate or pear-shaped they vary from a form having no lobes at all to one of three lobes and one of five Black Jack, Qiicrcus iiiart- lanJica. Acorn 5:/ long. SHINGLE OAK. LAUREL OAK Qiih'CNS iinbrithria, A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hun- dred, with broad pyramidal head when young, becoming in old age broad-topped and open. A tree of the mid-continent ; rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley. Reaches its largest size in southern Illinois and Indiana. Bark.—Light brown, scaly ; on young stems light brown, smooth. Branchlcis slender, dark green and shining at first, later become hght brown, finally dark brown. 372. Please note that thes
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