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sf Tennessee, Kentucky, and the south- 
WN ern part of Ohio, where the climate 
; i | hy is mild, and the soil fertile in an extreme 
\ | fi »} degree. This fertility seems to serve 
OS thy i ) l} gift as a substitute for that degree of moist- 
\* ‘ a ip j ure which, in the Atlantic 
, YF Y , iy states, seems indispensable to 
\ Wy / i, the ash. Where this tree 

abounds, its wood is used 
for the flooring and covering 
of houses; though for shingles 
it is inferior to that of the 
tulip tree. Plants of this sort 
are in the Horticultural So- // 
ciety’s Garden, and in Messrs. //// 
Loddiges’s arboretum; but | / 
they are of no great height. 
They are readily distinguished 
from all the other varieties 
of American ash, as far as 
we have been able to observe 
these in the neighbourhood of London, 
by the bark of the trunk, which cracks 
and separates at the edges into thin 
plates, much in the same way as that 
of the white American oak (Quércus alba). The price of plants is 2s. each, 
and of seeds 4s. per quart. 
¥ 13. F. (A.) voeLtanpiFo‘L1a Lam. The Walnut-leaved Ash. 
Identification. am. Dict., 2. p. 543. ; Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1104.; Pursh Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 9.; Don’s 
Mill, 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. F. viridis Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 65. t.120.; F. céncolor Muhl.; the green Ash, 
Michx. ; western black Ash, Pursh, 
Engravings. Michx, N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 120. ; our figs. 1061, 1062.; and the plate in our last Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets 2—4 pairs, 3 in. long, membranous, glabrous, but 
not shining, canescent beneath, downy in the axils of the veins, stalked, 
elliptic-lanceolate, serrated, glaucous beneath. Petioles glabrous, Branches 
glabrous, and, like the buds, greyish brown. Flowers calyculate. Calyx 
4-toothed. Corymbs pendulous. Samara linear. (Don’s Mill., adapted.) 
A tree, from 30 ft. to 50ft. high; a native from Canada to North Carolina; 
found in shady wet woods, and chiefly in the western districts. It was in- 
troduced in 1724, and flowers in May. 
Variety. 
¥ F.(a.) j. 2 subintegérrima Vahl Enum.,i. p. 50.; F.juglandifolia 8 sub- 
serrata Willd.; F. caroliniana Wangenh. Amer., p. 81. ex Willd., Du 
Roi Harbk., ed. 2., vol. i. p. 400. ex Vahl; F. Novee-A’ngliz and 
F, caroliniana Mill. Dict., Nos. 5, 6. ? 
Description, §c. The green ash is easily recognised by 
the brilliant colour of its young shoots; and by its leaves 
being nearly of the same colour on both surfaces. From 
this uniformity, which is rarely observed in the foliage of 
trees, Dr. Muhlenburg applied the specific name cédncolor ; 
and Michaux gave this tree the popular name of the green 
ash. The leaves vary in length from 6in. to 15in. with 
from 2 to 4 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one, according 
to the vigour of the tree, and to the coolness of the soil in 
which it grows. The leaflets are petiolated, and distinctly 
denticulated. The seeds are small; and the tree does not 
attain a great size. The green ash is more common in 
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, than in any other part 1061 
of the United States ; but it is much less common than the white ash and black 
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