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2. ^ED ASH (Fraxi7ius pennsylcanica) : Small -sized tree. North Atlantic 



States, but extends to the Mississippi. 



3. Black ash (Fmxinus nigra) (hoop ash, ground ash) : Medium-sized 



tree, very common. Maine to Minnesota, and southward to 

 Virginia and Arkansas. 



4. Blue ash (Fraxinun qitadranffulatn) : Small- to medium-sized. 



Indiana and Illinois ; occurs from Michigan to Minnesota and 

 southward to Alabama. 



5. Green ash (Fraxinus lanceolata) : Small-sized tree. New York to 



the Rocky Mountains, and southward to Florida and Arizona. 



6. Oregon ash (Fraxinns oreganci) : Medium-sized tree. Western 



Washington to California. 

 ASPEN. {See Poplar.) 

 BASS WOOD. 



1. Basswood (Tilid americana) (lime tree, American linden, lin, bee 



tree) : Wood light, soft, stiff but not strong, of fine texture, and 

 white to light brown color-. The wood shrinks considerably in 

 drying, works and stands well ; it is used in cai-pentry, in the 

 manufacture of furniture and wooden ware, both turned and carved, 

 in cooperage, for toys, also for jianeling of car and carriage bodies. 

 Medium- to large -sized tree, common in all northern broad-leaved 

 forests ; found throughout the eastern United States. 



2. White basswood (Tilia heteroplujUa) : A small-sized tree, most 



abundant in the Allegheny region. 

 BEECH. 



Beech (Fagus amerirnnn) : Wood heavy, hard, stiff, strong, of rather 

 coarse texture, white to light brown, not durable in the ground, 

 and subject to the inroads of boring insects ; it shrinks and checks 

 considerably in drying, works well and wears smooth. Used for 

 furniture, in turnery, for handles, plane stocks, lasts, etc. Abroad 

 it is very extensively employed by the carpenter, millwright, and 

 wagon maker, in turnery as well as wood carving. The beech is 

 a medium-sized tree, common, sometimes forming forest ; most 

 abundant in the Ohio and Mississippi basin, but found from 

 Maine to \\'isconsin and southward to Florida. 



