DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 45 



Showy Ash (var. spectabilis) has large, glossy, leathery 

 leaves, of dark green color. 



The European Ash (F. excelsior) is a spreading tree, 

 with a handsome head, a short thick trunk and beautiful 

 pinnate leaves, B. There are two pendulous varieties, 

 the Weeping European Ash (var. pendula), a valuable, 

 rapid grower, that may serve as an arbor on the lawn, (7; 

 and the Golden-barked Weeping Ash (var. aurea pendula), 

 an elegant but quite tender tree, with bark as yellow as 

 gold, C. The common Golden-barked Ash (var. atwea) 

 is also a conspicuous tree on account of its yellow bark, 

 twisted branches and fine foliage, and it is hardier than 

 the last named, C. The varieties with peculiar leaf 

 forms are interesting : Dwarf Crisp-leaved Ash (var. 

 atrovirens), with dark green, curled foliage, arranged 

 closely along the stem, D. Hooded-leaved Ash (var. 

 cucidlafa), with singularly curled and twisted leaves, of 

 pyramidal growth, C. Dwarf Globe-headed Ash (var. 

 glohosa), a pretty round-headed tree when worked six or 

 eight feet high, with small myrtle-like leaves, D. 

 Willow-like-leaved Ash (var. salicifolia), with narrow 

 willow-like leaflets of pleasing habit, D. Another variety 

 called scolopendrifolia has leaflets as narrow as grass 

 blades, and which droop curiously, D. The Single- 

 leaved Ash (var. monophylla) is a fine tree, with broad 

 leaves, B. There is a beautiful variety of the Single- 

 leaved (var. monophylla laciniata) in which the margins of 

 the leaves are finely cut. The Variegated-leaved Ash (var. 

 concavcefolia variegata) is said to be striking on account 

 of its silvery white young leaves, tinged with pink, chang- 

 ing later to light green. 



The Flowering Ash {F.- Ornus) is a small tree which 

 produces a profusion of pale or greenish- white flowers in 

 clusters on the terminal branches in spring, on which 

 account it is valuable for ornament, C. There are sev- 



