. St. Nicholas [serial] . tannin, asubstance used extensively in tanning leather. The chestnut-tree needs no description toAmerican boys and girls, as we all have spentglorious days in the crisp autumn weathersearching for the plump brown nuts in the dryleaves, and afterward roasting them over blaz-ing hot fires during the long winter evenings. The boys maybe interestedto know thatchestnuts provea very profit-able crop. Ex-perts claim thatan orchard ofchestnuts willbring greaterreturns to theowner than anapple - orchardof the same size,as the nuts areretailed on thestreet cornersat about six d
. St. Nicholas [serial] . tannin, asubstance used extensively in tanning leather. The chestnut-tree needs no description toAmerican boys and girls, as we all have spentglorious days in the crisp autumn weathersearching for the plump brown nuts in the dryleaves, and afterward roasting them over blaz-ing hot fires during the long winter evenings. The boys maybe interestedto know thatchestnuts provea very profit-able crop. Ex-perts claim thatan orchard ofchestnuts willbring greaterreturns to theowner than anapple - orchardof the same size,as the nuts areretailed on thestreet cornersat about six dol-lars a bushel,while the Ital-ian who sellsroasted chest-nuts receivespay for them atthe rate of at FIG. I. A CHESTNUT-TREE STRIPPED leaSt eicllt dol OF ITS FOLIAGE. lars a tree is one of our most rapid growers, andhas been known to bear fruit at five years of age. THE OAKS. The large family of American oaks is one ofwhich we are justly proud, and it is difficult tosay which is the finest. Among trees the oak. stands for all that is sturdy, reliable, hardy, anduseful—a symbol for the honest, true, andpatriotic citizen among men. Although it isperhaps not as graceful as the elm, nor as lux-uriant as the magnolia or the palm, its strongand heavy trunk, its gnarled branches, and itsclean, healthy foliage give it a prominent placeamong our American trees. Its wood ranks-high as valuable timber, being strong, hard, anddurable, with a handsome grain which takes afine polish. Figs. 7 and 8 show the leaves of the two oaks xi i vsJk f %St . £ ^vfej S£> FIG. 2. A POST-OAK. which are the best known and most commonabout New York City. Their leaves are sodifferent that they can never be white-oak leaf is deeply indented and hasrounded lobes ; there is not an angle nor sharppoint anywhere on the leaf; while the red-oak leafon the right is sharply toothed and bristling withpoints. Both of theseleaves are large, the white-oak being of a beautiful light-gr
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