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BULLETIN NO. 62. 



two species growing in ourplat, the English Ash and the White 

 Ash, both doing- well. A third, the Green Ash (Fraxinus lan- 

 ccohita Borck.),isa native of the State. Of these three, of 

 which we can speak with certainty, the White Ash is much the 

 best. 



White Ash. (^Fraxinus americana L.) The cut accom- 

 panying this paragraph, Fig. 12, shows well the general charac- 



terof the White 

 Ash. It has a 

 compact, hand- 

 some top, not 

 formal and stiff 

 but with long, 

 flowing leaves, 

 disposed in ir- 

 regular masses, 

 the whole tree 

 having a pleas- 

 ing air of grace 

 and lightness. 

 In winter, how- 

 ever, the stiff, 

 blunt branches 

 give the tree an 

 appearance not 

 at all in keeping 

 with its sum- 

 mer elegance. 

 The ashes are 

 all apt to be 

 tardy in leafing 

 in the spring, 

 and premature 

 in dropping 



their leaves in the autumn, facts very noticeable in our plan- 

 tation. The wood is hard, strong and heavy; weight per cubic 

 foot, 41 pounds. For all purposes, where strength and elas- 

 ticity are wanted, as for the various implements of husbandry, 

 the wood of the ash, after that of the hickory, is most gener- 

 ally used. 



The trees in the Station plat have had their branches badly 



Fig. 12. A White Ash, five years old. 



