. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. OAK FAMILY of dense tawny tonicntum. Cup turbinate, deep, covers one-third to two-thirds of nut", is thick, pale brown and downy within, witiiout it is covered l)y lap^^e, rcddisii brown, h)osely imlMJcated scales, coated with touKMUuni. On top of cup are rows of smaller scales which form a thick rim aroiuul tiie inner surface. IMack Jack is such a peculiar nanic for a tree that on hear- ing it for the first time, oiu; imim-diately asks for an c\[ilaiia- tiou.
. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. OAK FAMILY of dense tawny tonicntum. Cup turbinate, deep, covers one-third to two-thirds of nut", is thick, pale brown and downy within, witiiout it is covered l)y lap^^e, rcddisii brown, h)osely imlMJcated scales, coated with touKMUuni. On top of cup are rows of smaller scales which form a thick rim aroiuul tiie inner surface. IMack Jack is such a peculiar nanic for a tree that on hear- ing it for the first time, oiu; imim-diately asks for an c\[ilaiia- tiou. 'I'lic authorities arc sileiiL on llie subject so one can dcveU)p his own tlieory without fear or favor. Tills oak varies from slirul) 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 woid of opprobrium. A worthless fel low was a Jack. What more llkclv, than tiiat the first seltlci's of this coun- try finding this wortiiless unk upon worthless land should name it in opprobrium the Jack Oak. As tiie bark was dark, almost l)lack, it became HIack Jack Oak and oak soon drop- ping out, it became as we know It to-day—lilack jack, 'J'lie leaves of this oak arc 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 Bliick , Querent iinir laiulhii. Acorn )^' long. SHINGLE OAK. LAUREL OAK (J/zt^ir/zs iiiil'r'uaria. A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hun- dred, with broad jjyramida! head when young, Ix'coming in old age broad-lojiped and o|)en. A tree of tiie mid-continent ; rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley. Reaches its largest size in southern Illinois .uid Indian,i. Bark. Light br; in young stems hght brown, smooth. Ihanchlets slender, diuk gieen and shining at "first, later becom
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