Foster, Edwin W · Boston : Ginn and Company · leaf 77
ometimes called iron oak onaccount of its very hard, toughwood. 29. The Mossy-Cup Oak. Oneof the most beautiful oaks wehave in America grows in theSouth and West, and is onlyrarely found in om* parks in the East. It is called themoHsy-cup oak because the large acorn which it bears issurrounded by a… … Fig. 81. Leaf of Mossy-CupOak THE OAKS 69 mos.^-y-cup leaf are not as regular as those of the Avhiteoak, and it is not so thin and delicate. Its wood is very strong and is valuahle for manypurposes, such as boats, carriages, farming implements,railroad ties, and cooperage. 30. Black Oak and…
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