Page:Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America, vol 2.djvu/232

196 of a deep shining green above, whitish and downy beneath. The cupula is hemispherical, with tuberculate scales ; the acorn ovate. It grows to a great size, forming a fine ornament to our woods, and in open situations spreads abroad its branches to a great extent. The wood is valuable, and is much employed in the Western and Southern countries, where, as well as in some of the Middle Districts, it abounds. It prefers elevated situations, and generally occurs in dry gravelly soil.