In The Words of Others

If Oak is the king of trees, as tradition has it, then White Oak, throughout its range, is the king of kings. The Tuliptree can grow taller and the Sycamore in the days of the virgin forest had gigantic boles, but no other tree in our sylva has so great a spread. The mighty branches, themselves often fifty feet long or more, leave the trunk nearly at right angles and extend their arms benignantly above the generations of men who pass beneath them. Indeed, the fortunate possessor of an old White Oak owns a sort of second home, an outdoor mansion of shade and greenery and leafy music…

— A Natural History of Trees by Donald C. Peattie

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