The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . in Rhode Island, New York,Pennsylvania and in Virginia on the Alleghanies. This species and another which is found in the pine forests ofthe Southern States rarely exceeds 30 inches in height: theyare the most diminutive of the American oaks. The leaves areoval-acuminate, regularly but not deeply denticulated, of a lightgreen above and whitish beneath. Its fructification is annual,and its flowers put forth in May and are followed by acorns of amiddling size, some
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . in Rhode Island, New York,Pennsylvania and in Virginia on the Alleghanies. This species and another which is found in the pine forests ofthe Southern States rarely exceeds 30 inches in height: theyare the most diminutive of the American oaks. The leaves areoval-acuminate, regularly but not deeply denticulated, of a lightgreen above and whitish beneath. Its fructification is annual,and its flowers put forth in May and are followed by acorns of amiddling size, somewhat elongated, similarly rounded at bothends, inclosed for one-third of their length in scaly, sessile, cups:they are very sweet. Nature seems to have sought a compensation for the diminutivesize of this shrub in the abundance of its fruit: the stem whichis sometimes no bigger than a quill, is stretched at full lengthupon the ground by the weight of the thickly-clustering with the bear oak, which is of the same size and equallyprolific, perhaps it might be cultivated with advantage for itsfruit. DENDROLOGY. 283. Swamp White Oak. Quercus prinus discolor. This^species is known inthe United States only bythe name of SivanvplJVhiteOak, which indicates at oncethe soil which it prefers andits analogy to the white the state of Maineand the maritime parts ofthe Southern States, it is dif-fused throughout the Union:in comparison, however,with some other species, itis not common. The swamp white oak is abeautiful tree more than 70feet in height, of which thevegetation is vigorous andthe foliage luxuriant. The leaves are six or eight inches longand four inches broad, smooth and of a dark green above, downyand lighter colored beneath; they are entire towards the base,which is cuneiform, but are widened and coarsely toothed fortwo-thirds of their length towards the summit. The tree isdistinguished, when young, by the form of its base and by thedown upon the leaves,
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