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sixty feet high. It thrives best in a cool 

 deep loam, contiguous to moisture. 



5. F. PUBESCENS, Walter. Leaflets on short 

 petioles, elliptic lanceolate, slightly sharp and 

 serrate ; petioles and young branches downy. 

 Downy ash. Eed ash. Native of the 

 Northern and Middle States. 



The most irregular-headed of all the ashes. 

 The branches are frequently twisted and 

 tortuose, very different to the stiffness so 

 general in the tribe ; though not attaining 

 such large proportions as some other kinds, 

 it is more ornamental. It thrives best in a 

 moist situation. A fine specimen at Bartram 

 is fifty feet high by five feet two inches in 

 circumference. 



6. F. QUADRANGULATA, Michaux. Young 

 branches quadrangular, nearly sessile, oval 

 lanceolate, sharply serrate, downy beneath. 

 Blue ash. Native of the Western States. 



I have seen but one small tree, in the arbore- 

 tum of Mr. Pierce. It has the appearance of 

 being very ornamental. It is said to grow 

 sixty or seventy feet high, and to require 

 less moisture than most of our other species. 



7. F. SAMBUCIFOLIA, Willdenow. Leaflets 



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