The tree book - A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation (1920) (14596248770)

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Title: The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Rogers, Julia Ellen, b. 1866
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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THE RED OAK ($uercus rubra) This tree is lusty and beautiful throughout. The pointed buds promise what summer fulfils. The broad leaves havetriangular lobes and sinuses. The lobes point forward more than outward. They are often 9 inches long and six inches broad.The second leaf shows the paler lining. The large acorns sit in saucers* much shallower thaD in other oaks The furrowedbark has a reddish-brown colour
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