And of them all, the white oak, more than any other, has become the symbol of beauty, durability and strength.
White oaks are hard to transplant, and they grow slowly, but they can be grown from acorns.
Start a young oak now. Your grandchildren can rest in its shade. In two more generations that tree will just be coming into its prime. The stump of one of these, recently cut because it was dead and a public hazard, showed 430 annual growth rings. Ships that sailed me seven seas were commonly built of white oak.