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SYLVAN WINTEE. 



next after that of the Oak, says : * The spray of 

 the Ash is very different. As the boughs of the 

 Ash are less complex, so is its spray. Instead of 

 the thick intermingled bushiness which the spray 



Ash. 



of the Oak exhibits, that of the Ash is much more 

 simple, running in a kind of irregular parallels. 

 The main stem holds its course, forming at the 

 same time a beautiful sweep ; but the spray does 



