ELM. ASH 



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Twigs thick and rigid, decussate 

 ascending or upturned at the ends, 

 smooth and grey-greenish ; bark- 

 greyish fissured. Buds large and 

 black. Leaves pinnate greyish-green, 

 large. Flowers purple in tufts, fol- 

 lowed by long oblong winged samaras. 



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Fig. 71. Ulmus campestris, Elm. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, twig of the 

 preceding year, with tuft of fruits and a dwarf shoot bearing foliage ; 

 3, a flower ; 4, ovary ; 5, fruit ; 68, seeds ; 9, buds (Wi). 



Fraxinus excelsior, L. Ash. Reaching 80 100 feet. 

 The regularity of the crown much affected by the bending 

 over of the branches, which sometimes, on the other hand, 

 tend to be sub-verticillate. (For more complete descrip- 

 tion see p. 189.) 



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