THE ASH-LEAVEP MAPLE AND THE ASHES. 245 



\Yest.* It rarely attains a height of more than 30 

 35 feet. Its beautiful deep-green leaves, nearly the 



same color on either side, make it a handsome and 

 ornamental tree deserving more extensive cultivation, 

 partic- 



ularly 

 as it is a 

 id grower 

 the Western cit- 

 ies it is common 

 streets and 



Blue 



Fra/xinvA 

 quadra 



rather square branchlets, at 



least on young and vigorous 



shoots, so says Gray ; but I 



do not find that the average 



blue ash tree has this marked 



characteristic; of course, this is due to the fact that 



the older branchlets have become round. The bine 



ash is a large Western species which grows from 60 



to 70 feet, and sometimes 100 or even 1l'<> feet high. 



* East of the Mississippi River the red and green ashes grow 

 side by side, and retain their individual character; but in the 

 West they are connected by intermediate forms which can !"• re- 

 ferred to one as well as the other. — Silva of North Arm I . S 

 Sargent. 



Blue Ash, with Beed twi 



one quarter uf the way 

 around. 



