. Our native trees and how to identify them : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities . Trees. side roots and often care no more for its tap root which has been its only support than the frog cares for the tail of the tadpole after it has got on its own ; —ROBKRT Douglas in Garden and Forest. This genus is one of close family ties and marked resem- blances. The bark of every species is heavily charged with tannic acid. The roots take hold of the earth in two ways ; a strong tap root goes down deep into the ground and at the same time wide spreading horizontal roots ke
. Our native trees and how to identify them : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities . Trees. side roots and often care no more for its tap root which has been its only support than the frog cares for the tail of the tadpole after it has got on its own ; —ROBKRT Douglas in Garden and Forest. This genus is one of close family ties and marked resem- blances. The bark of every species is heavily charged with tannic acid. The roots take hold of the earth in two ways ; a strong tap root goes down deep into the ground and at the same time wide spreading horizontal roots keep near the surface. The very poise of the tree denotes strength and this quality is present in the humblest member of the family. The leaves vary in forin. In those gr which contain the representativ cies of the genus the leaves are shape unlike those of any other The character of the infiore is the same in every species, moncecious; that is, the stamen pistils are separated, borne in di flowers, but both kinds of flowe produced on the same branch, appear together, just when the leaves are half grown. The stamlnate flowers are found in the axils of quick falling bracts which are borne on the rachis of slender drooping aments produced from separate or leafy buds in the axils of last year's leaves, or from the axils of the inner scales of the terminal bud, or from the axils of the leaves 324 Sprouting Staminate Aments of Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinca. Ovaries of Preceding 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 Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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