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Var. aurea has an interesting appearance, 

 from the color of its bark. There is a fair- 

 sized specimen on the grounds of Mr. E. 

 Buist, Eosedale, Kingsessing. 



Var. heterophylla, often bearing entire 

 leaves, grows in the garden of John Evans. 



Var. pendula, the weeping ash, is indis- 

 pensable in many situations. There is a very 

 interesting specimen at Bartram, forming the 

 "Washington arbor" under which the Father 

 of his country, Benjamin Franklin, Wilson, 

 and other eminent men, have often sat ; and 

 wherein, surrounded by scenes he loved, 

 William Bartram breathed his last. Here 

 sat Washington, when he replied to the 

 French ambassador's playful inquiry, what 

 kind of a nut that (bombshell) was: "It is a 

 nut too hard for John Bull to crack." There 

 is another taller specimen on the same grounds. 



It is propagated by budding on any of the 

 strong-growing species. 



4. F. JUGLANDIFOLIA, Willdenow. Leaflets 

 7-toothed, petiolate, oval acuminate. Branches 

 and petioles smooth. Walnut-leaved ash. 

 Native of the Middle and Southern States. 



A middle-sized tree, attaining sometimes 





