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FRAXINUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



FRAXINUS. 



depending on mere variegation, which 

 mostly means disease, but sometimes on 

 habit, such as in the pendulous variety, 

 so well known, much used as it is for 

 bowers and on lawns. There is a form of 

 this with golden shoots, and certain kinds 

 with singular leaves, and here again we 

 come upon mere monstrosities, for this 



as much as good oak trees, as at Ochter- 

 tyre, Drummond and Lawes. America 

 is rich in species, and in old times, before 

 the conifers mania arose,they were planted, 

 but of late very little attention has been 

 given to them, and few of these reach the 

 size and fine form of our native ash, at 

 least as we know them. 



Francoa ramosa (Maiden's Wreath). 



fine tree has not escaped the attention of 

 the variegation hunter, these varieties 

 being without value. There is a variety 

 of F. Lentiscifolia, a native of Asia Minor, 

 which is pendulous in habit. 



The Ash is never more beautiful than 

 when we see it fully exposed in the cool 

 and northern parts of the country and in 

 Ireland, sometimes in Scotland, girthing 



Occasionally very picturesque effects 

 arise from grafting the weeping ash on a 

 very tall stem of the ordinary kind, of 

 which there is a good example at Elvas- 

 ton. 



F. ornus is the celebrated Manna Ash, 

 a native of the East and Mediterranean 

 regions, (sometimes called Ornus} which 

 has several varieties. It is an effective 



