58 THE STORY OF PLANT LiFe 
Like other trees, it is pollinated by the wind, the 
pollen being blown upward, the male flowers being 
below the female. 
The seed is winged at the tip, and is adapted to 
dispersal by aid of the wind. 
The first Latin name refers to its habit of splitting, 
and for this reason it is used largely for making 
fences in fields. 
Ache, Aischen, Aishen Tree, Ash-candles, Cats and 
Keys, Cats’ Keys, Chats, Culver Keys, Eisch Keys, 
Esh, Freyn, Ground Ash, Haish, Hertwort, Ketty 
Keys, Keys, Kite Keys, Locks and Keys, Patty Keys, 
Peter Keys, Shacklers, Urchin Wood, Croney are 
names it has also received. 
Shacklers refers to the rattling of the keys or 
fruits. 
Esh means to flog, the twig of an ash being used 
for the purpose. 
It was thought to be the Igdrasil, or Tree of Life. 
THE PRIMROSE GROUP. 
In the Order Primulacez are included two at 
least of the most popular British wild flowers, the 
Primrose and the Cowslip, which are always to be 
associated with spring and the renewal of plant 
activity. 
There are more than three hundred species which 
are natives of the northern temperate region. Some 
are found upon the summits of alpine mountains, 
