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strength and elasticity the 

 white ash timber from Ver- 

 mont is superior to that 

 from most other sources. 

 The white oak and the 

 hickories are the only na- 

 tive trees which have a 

 higher value for fuel. This 

 ash is recognized by its com- 

 pound leaves, about twelve 

 inches long, with from five 

 to nine smooth, petioled 

 leaflets. The flowers appear 

 before the leaves and the 

 fruits ripen in August or 

 September. 



WHITE ASH 

 Leaf and fruit, X )/$, 



black ash. Fraxinus nigra Marsh . , F. sambucifolit i Lamarck. 



The black is ash is found 

 in lowlands or swamps. It 

 is often called the brown 

 ash but this name is con- 

 fusing as it is^ also applied 

 to the red ash. This and 

 the white species are the 

 commoner ash trees of the 

 state. They are [easily dis- 

 tinguished by the fact that 

 the leaflets of the white 

 ash are always distinctly 

 stalked while the black has 

 sessile leaflets. These are 

 seven to eleven in number 

 often forming a leaf twelve 

 to sixteen inches long]which 

 is smooth and green on 

 both sides. Black ash tim- 

 ber is coarser grained than 

 is that of white ask. It is 



BLACK ASH. 

 Leaf and fruit, X %. 



used for furniture and inside finishings and in the manufacture of baskets. 



