OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 121 



mostly 2. Pistil one. Capsule a flat, lance- 

 olate, winged samara. 



1. F. AMERICANA, Linnmus. Leaflets ob- 

 long ovate, somewhat pubescent and glaucous 

 beneath; petioles and young branches smooth. 

 Also F. acuminata, Lambert. White ash. 



What the Quercus alba is to its family, 

 this is to the ashes the chief. It is one of 

 our prettiest trees. The head is flat when 

 the tree is full grown, and when seen at a 

 little distance, seems regularly marked with 

 horizontal lines of light and shade. Its hue 

 is so light as to have a beautiful effect when 

 combined with trees of a darker shade. One 

 of the prettiest combinations of trees I think 

 I ever saw had a white ash with an Euro- 

 pean linden on each side ; not near enough 

 to touch each other. The lindens were per- 

 fect cones, and perhaps one-third taller than 

 the ash ; and formed a fine contrast, both in 

 habit and color, to the ash. There was a 

 splendid specimen at Bartram, which blew 

 down in a gale in 1850, measuring over one 

 hundred feet high. The roots of all the ashes 

 run very near to the surface. They require 

 a rich loam and plenty of room to arrive at 

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