. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. WHITE OAK. Querciis alha Fig. 185. Fruiting branchlet with scattered leaves and acorns, i ; branchlet in winter -the absence of young acorns with this and the subsequent species — the annual-fruitin-oaks 186. Trunk of tree near Albany, N. Y. 187. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Note Handbook of Teees of the XoirniKux States and Canada. 105 Tlie White Oak i^ oiip of tliP most usefultrees of the American forests, attaining unilermost favorable conditions when growing in theturest
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. WHITE OAK. Querciis alha Fig. 185. Fruiting branchlet with scattered leaves and acorns, i ; branchlet in winter -the absence of young acorns with this and the subsequent species — the annual-fruitin-oaks 186. Trunk of tree near Albany, N. Y. 187. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Note Handbook of Teees of the XoirniKux States and Canada. 105 Tlie White Oak i^ oiip of tliP most usefultrees of the American forests, attaining unilermost favorable conditions when growing in theturest a height of 150 ft. and trunk 4-5 ft. indiameter. Wlieii isolated from otlier trees itsliahit is to form a very broatl top of hrm, rigidhorizontal branches and siiort thick trunk —the emblem of strength and solidity. It takesits name from the light color of the scaly ridgedbark, the aptness of which is shown in theaccompanying illustration. It is one uf themost common and generally distributed Oaksof the Atlantic states and Mississippi basin,growing alike on rich uplands and river bot-toms where not too moist, in company wit
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