lortinilfiirnl Df|rnrtnirat. 



CONDUCTED BY P. BAEKT. 



SPRING- FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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ban, the great variety of ornaL Ual tre In H. t" "" '^'^'^ '''' ^^■^^^' '^'^ ^^^w- 



attention-information on the b WmI ] ^ ^'^ ^""^ ^"'^"^^ '"^''^^ ^"^ more 

 ^ve have really no cheaVtrea e onTi . r ?''"'? ' ""'"''' '^ ^'^''^'-^^^ '"^^"'7, and 

 we can refer to. To lid a Me irsutlv n^: li " "f /' "''' "'^^" '^^ ^™^' ^"'' "- ^'''^t 

 as opportunity may offer to notic bSv tf. ,i'' . l -'".T' ^'^ ^^''^^^'^^ l^^nceforward, 

 ^imitVd collecLs ' W^'shall begin ^ftj; Z '"""''' '^'"'^^ ''^'^ ^^^ ^^^^'^^ ^^ 



" FLOWERmG ASH; (On..s ™..s.) ^,..-Fk..x..s op... 



ducedyLThs couYt:;:ir/ Tf y' *'^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^-'-^p^' ^-^ "^^- 



collections of trees. The e I an Amel'il ^^^^ ^^-^'--'^ted, but confined to larger 

 ineie is an Amencan species, so similar in appearance as to be 



'"'■'" ,,-. ^^ ^ pretty generally believed to be 



only a variety. It resembles 

 the common ash in its general 

 features. Habit stiff and erect ; 

 with grayish bark ; stout, blunt 

 shoots; and large, dark buds. 

 Leaves consisting of three or 

 four pair of elliptic or lanceolate 

 leaflets. Flowers, which appear 

 in the latter end of May or be- 

 ginning of June, are of a green- 

 ish white, produced in large 

 clusters or panicles on the ends 

 of the branches. These clusters 

 are shorter than the leaves that 

 surround them ; and when the 

 tree is in full bloom, it looks as 

 though a pretty white bouquet 

 of delicate flowers, tastefully en- 

 circled by foliage, were placed 

 on the end of every branch. 

 The annexed figure will give a 

 slight idea of the relative situa- 

 tion of the leaves and flowers, 

 and their appearance. 



FLOWERING ASH. 



as^ '/TsS^ri;^^^^ ^^?^7.-tl.elatterC:^abr!r^e common 



in our l?ourds t^^eat nT".' \ "'^^'' '^ '^T' '^ '"^"'^ '' ^^^''"^^ feet. Specimens 



abounds1nZenous?vrr ^ f^ "'t '^'^'^ ^''' ^'^'^- ^^^ ^^^^^J' '^^'^' t^^- tree 



the sugar "nap eTn ft? ^^ '' i''^ ^'"'^ '' ^^ '^'' ^"'^^'"^^' '' ^^« take the sap from 



called?manna'' and iZ7' '"^ "' n T^'^ '' ^^^'^^"^ ^^^^ ^^-^^^^'-^tes, and is then 

 manna, and is that now generally known in commerce 



