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THE ASH. 

 FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR. PL 5. 



Fru&ification. Flowers with chives and 

 pointals upon fome trees, with poin- 

 tals only upon others. Two chives 

 in each flower. Seed-bud oval, com- 

 prefTed, changing into a long mem- 

 branaceous feed-vefTel, containing a 

 lingle feed. 



Specific claraEler. Leaves generally winged, 

 confiftingof four or five pair of fmall 

 ones, ferrated, with an odd one at the 

 end. 



THE afh is a tall tree, having a light thin fo- 

 liage, which gives it a graceful appearance, 

 efpecially when contrafted with trees of 

 greater mafs and depth of (hade. It flourifh- 

 es moft in woods, but will alfo thrive well in 

 good foils upon open ground. It runs its 



roots 



