CHAP. LXXvV. OLEA‘CER. FRA’/XINUS. 1229 
Varieties. 
% F, (e.) h. 2 variegata (fig. 1051.), the variegated various-leaved Ash, was 
discovered, in 1830, in : 
the grounds of Captain 
Moore of Eglantine, 
near Hillsborough, in 
the county of Down, 
in Ireland. The varie- 
gation appeared in sum- 
mer, on the point of one 
of the shoots of a tree 
of 15 years’ growth ; 
and Captain Moore 
marked it, andhad the A= 
portion of shoot which 27 
showed the variegated 2 
leaves taken off, and 
grafted the following 
spring. The parent 
tree has never since 
shown the. slightest 
tendency to variega- 
tion, but the grafted 
plants continue true. The habit of this kind of ash, we are informed, 
is much more that of a shrub than of a tree; and a number of 
plants of it have been propagated by Mr. Davis of the Ogle’s Grove 
Nursery, who sells them at one guineaeach. It is also in the Toot- 
ing Nursery. The circumstance of the parent plant having never 
shown any symptoms of variegations since 1830, while all the scions 
taken from the variegated shoot have continued variegated, shows 
the great importance of taking advantage of every sport, or deviation 
from the usual form in trees, when the object is to increase the 
number of varieties. 


¥% 3. F. (g.) ancustiro‘L1a Bauh. The narrow-leaved Ash. 
Identification, Bauh. Hist., 1. pt. 2. p.177.; Vahl Enum., 1. p. 52.3; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1100. ; Don’s 
ill, 4. p. 55. 
Synonyme. F. salicifdlia Hort. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets sessile, lanceolate, remotely denticulated, in 3—4 
pairs, from 14 in. to 2 in. long, lanceolate. Samaras entire at the apex and 
acute, obtuse at the base. Branchlets green, dotted with white. Buds 
brown. Peduncles below the leaves, solitary, 2in. long. Flowers naked. 
(Don’s Mill., adapted, iv. p. 55.) A tree, a native of Spain, flowering in 
May. It is said by some to be nearly related to O’rnus europz‘a; but by 
‘Vahl to F. excélsior. There is a plant in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, which, in 1835, was 13 ft. high, after being 10 years planted ; and 
from examining which it appears to us clear that this variety belongs to F. 
excélsior. 
Other Sorts of the common European Ash, treated by botanists as species, 
might have been added to the above, but it is difficult to know where to stop. 
Were it not for the respect which we think it our duty to pay to the opinions 
of what are considered established authorities, we should have marked all the 
kinds in this, and the following section, as varieties of F. excélsior. 
B. Leaflets small, smooth or shining above. Natives of the South of Europe, 
the North of Africa, or the West of Asia. 
#4, F. (g.) parviro‘t1A Willd. The small-leaved Ash. 
Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1101. ; Tenore Syll., p. 9. No. 5.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 
p. 54. 
Engravings. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 155. t. 2. f. 2. ; our fig. 1052. ; and the plate in Vol, VII. 7 
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