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particularly in winter, not only from 

 the yellow colour of its bark, but 

 from the curved contorted character 

 of its branches, which somewhat 

 resemble the horns of an animal. 



F. e. 4 aurea pendula. Bark yellow, 

 and the branches as pendulous, and 

 of as vigorous growth, as those of 

 F. e. pendula. 



F. e. 5 crispa. F. crispa Bosc, F. atro- 

 virens Desf. Arb.'i. p. 104. Leaves 



dark green, crumpled, and curled. The darkness of the green of 

 the leaves is remarkable ; and this and their crumpled appearance, 

 combined with the rigid stunted character of the whole plant, render 

 it a strikingly grotesque object. 



*if F. e. Qjaspidea Willd., Lodd.' Cat. ed. 1836. Bark of the trunk and 

 branches streaked with reddish white. 



? F. e. 7 purpurascens Descemet (F. purpurea Hort.). Bark purple. 

 Horticultural Society's Garden. 



* F. e. 8 argentea Desf. Arb., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves variegated 



with white. 



! F. e. 9 lutea. Leaflets edged with yellow. 

 F. e. 10 erosa Pers. Ench. i. p. 604. Leaflets erosely toothed. 



* F. e. 11 horizontals Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 



Branches spreading horizontally. 



* F. e. 12 verrucosa Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 



Branches warted. 



F. e. 13 verrucosa pendula. Branches warted and pendulous. Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden. 



F. e. 14 ndna Lod. Cat. ed. 1836. F. e. humilis, and F. Theophrastz 

 Hort. The leaves resemble those of the common ash, but the 

 leaflets are much smaller and closer together, and the plant seldom 

 exceeds 3ft. in height. 



2 F. e. \5fung6sa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Bark fungous-like. 



'* F. e. 16 verticittdta Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves whorled. 



F. e. 17 vtilosa nova Descemet. Leaves villous. 



Other Varieties. There are several in the Catalogue of Messrs. Loddiges, 

 and in other collections, but we do not think them worth enumerating. 



The common ash is one of the noblest of our forest trees, attaining a height 

 of from 80 ft. to 100 ft., and enduring several centuries. No deciduous tree 



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