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enable a fresh reserve of the best possible growth of ash to be built up 

 for the future. 



During the progress of the war a considerable number of trees were 

 cut in France and brought to London and elsewhere, a feat which in itself 

 is worthy of note, as demonstrating the transport resources of this country 

 and its command of the sea. The quaUty of this ash produced in France 

 under the superior French forestry system, when compared with the 

 quaUty of that grown in this country, with its lack of any such adequate 

 system, is most detrimental to the Enghsh wood. 



The tree has a very wide sap-wood (about forty annual rings to the 

 inch) which is yellowish or greyish-white, and the heart-wood is light 

 brown. The annual rings are rendered very distinct by the spring zone 



The Ash Burr ready for carting away 



of large pores. The medullary rays are scarcely recognisable to the naked 

 eye in transverse section. 



{b) French Ash. — This wood is similar to English ash, but is generally 

 milder and less strong. 



(c) Hungarian Ash. Weight, 47 lbs. 13 oz. — Only a limited amount 

 of this brownish-white to pure white wood has been imported into England, 

 and this chiefly in the form of butts specially selected for their wavy, curly 

 grain. For the sake of the handsome figure this type of wood has been 

 eagerly purchased at high prices in order that it might be converted into 

 veneers for decorative panel work in railway carriages and for furniture. 

 Of late years, however, little of this genuine Hungarian ash has been 

 procurable in England, most of that which is sold under this name being 

 American in origin. A certain quantity of small, tough young trees with 



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