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Black Ash, Hoop Ash or Water Ash (Fraxinus nigra) 



A tall forest tree of swampy places; 70, 80, or rarely 100 

 feet high. Wood dark brown, tough, soft, coarse, heavy. 

 A cubic foot weighs 39 lbs. Soon rots next to the ground. 



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Late in the spring to leaf, and early to shed in the fall. The 

 leaves are 12 to 16 inches long; its leaflets except the last 

 have no stalk, they number 7 to 11, are 2 to 6 inches long. 

 Nova Scotia to Man. and south to Va. 



recommended 



"The Forester's Manual," or Forest trees of Eastern 

 North America, a fully illustrated Manual with map 

 showing range of each species. By Ernest Thompson 

 Seton, published by Doubleday, Page & Co., net, 50c. and 

 net, $1, according to binding. 



"Our Native Trees," By Harriet L. Keeler, 1900. 

 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City. Price, $2. 



