CHAP. LXXV. 



olea'ce/e. fra'xinus. 



1229 



Varieties. 



ik F. (e.) h. 2 variegdta (fig. 1051.), fhe 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, and had the 

 portion of shoot which ^'^ 

 showed the variegated/'' 

 leaves taken oiF, 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 guinea each. 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. (e.) angustifo^lia Bauh. The narrow-leaved Ash. 



Identification. Bauh. Hist., 1. pt. 2. p. 177. ; Vahl Enum., 1. p. 52. ; Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1100. ; Don's 



Mill, 4. p. 55. 

 Synonymc. F. salicifblia Hort. 



Spec. Char., t's'-r. Leaflets sessile, lanceolate, remotely denticulated, in 3 — 4- 

 pairs, from li 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, 2 in. long. Flowers naked. 

 {Bon'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 europae'a ; but by 

 Vahl to F. excelsior. There is a plant in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, which, in 1835, was 13ft. high, after being 10 years planted; and 

 from examining which it appears to us clear that this variety belongs to F. 

 excelsior. 



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. excelsior. 



B. Leaflets small, smooth or shining above. Natives of the South of Europe, 

 the North of Africa, or the West of Asia. 



t 4. F. (e.) parvifo'lia Willd. The small-leaved Ash. 



Identification. Willd. S])., 1. p. 1101. ; Tenore Syll., p. 9. No. 5. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 54. 

 Engravings. Willd. Berl. Baumz., p. 155. t. 2. f. 2. ; our fig. 1052. ; and the plate in Vol. VII. . 



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