This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...the globular nut. The four species just described complete the list of common white oaks. Swamp Wwte Oak. The swamP wllite oak belongs to the Quercut bicoioiV group of chestnut oaks, the other Qvroutplatmoid. three members of which immediately follow. Its leaf has a wavy edge which is not deeply cut; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...the globular nut. The four species just described complete the list of common white oaks. Swamp Wwte Oak. The swamP wllite oak belongs to the Quercut bicoioiV group of chestnut oaks, the other Qvroutplatmoid. three members of which immediately follow. Its leaf has a wavy edge which is not deeply cut; it is shiny green above, and silvery-white, downy below. In autumn it finally turns a yellow brownish-buff color. The acorn usually grows on a long stem (frequently in pairs), and has a rough, rounded cup, with a bristling if not a fringed edge. The nut is sweet and edible. The leaves closely resemble those of the chestnut. This oak is commonly found on the borders of streams and swamps; it rarely attains a height of over 70 feet. In western New York and northern Ohio it reaches its finest development. It is distributed over the country from southern Maine to Iowa and Missouri, and along the Alleghany Mountains to Georgia. The young, flaky bark, and small, crooked branchlets which are apt to hang from the heavy limbs of the swamp white oak, make the identification of the tree easy at all seasons. There is a small but symmetrical swamp white oak near one of the little ponds in the Arnold Arboretum, which is somewhat isolated and picturesquely defined in the landscape over against the north. One of the largest specimens of which a record has been preserved grew on the AVadsworth estate, one mile from the village of Geneseo, in the western part of New York. The "Wadsworth oak," as this tree was called, met with destruction several years ago by the washing away of the bank of the Genesee River. In 1851 the short trunk had an average circumference of twenty-seven feet. There is also a very beautiful tree, 65 feet high, on the edge of the...
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Fair. First edition. Color and b/w plates. Edge wear to covers; front hinge cracked; several entries have dried examples pressed in. Secure packaging for safe delivery.