Handbootc of Trp:ks of tkk Xorthkkn Stati:s and Canada. 



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Tlic White Ash is one of the most Viiliial)!^ 

 hiiidwood trees of the American forests, and 

 one of the statliest representatives of its genus. 

 In t!ie forests of tlie rich bottom-lands of tli- 

 V'Wer Ohio basin it has been known to attain 

 tlie height of 120 ft. and 5-0 ft. in diameter of 

 trunk, but these dimensions are exceptional. 

 It occupies rich slopes and hottoiii-lands, where 

 not too moist, and is an abiui(l;iiit tree throagh- 

 oiit most of the eastern states and Canada. 

 When growing apart from other trees it de- 

 vclojis an ovoid or somewhat i)yramidal top. 

 wit!i long slender lateral branches. It is a 

 tree of good habit and liandsome foliage and 

 is popidar as an ornamental shade tree. 



The wood of the ^^'hite Ash is heavy, a cubic 

 foot weighing 40.78 lbs., hard and strong, and 

 is used extensively in the manufacture of tool- 

 handles, agricultural implements, cars, furni- 

 ture, etc.i The inner bark is used in medicine. 



Leaves S-1.5 in. long, with 5-11 oblong-lance- 

 olate, ovate or obovate petiolulate leaflets, rounded 

 or cuneate at base, long-acuminate or acute at 

 apex, entire or crenate-serrate at maturity, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous dark green above, whitish 

 and glabrous or pubescent beneath. Flowera 

 dioecious, calyx campanulate, 4-lobed (more 

 deeply in the pistillate flower) ; petals none : 

 stamens :.* (sometimes 8). Fniit: samara, 1-2 in. 

 in length but sometimes (in var. microearpa 

 <;ray) not more than % in., lanceolate with short 

 terete body and terminal wing more than twice its 

 length. 



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