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Barrels, tubs and particularly barrel hoops were made from it. 

 The depletion of the supply, however, has left very little timber 

 sufficiently clear for this purpose. It is also used for furniture 

 and interior finishing of houses. 



The black ash is mostly an eastern tree, but extends into 

 Manitoba in the wooded regions and along the river valleys across 

 the province, particularly about the latitude of the larger lakes. 



As an ornamental tree it has never been much tried. A few 

 planted in the Normal School grounds in Brandon four years 

 ago are living but growing very slowly. 



FIG. 50. Black Ash. 



FIG. 51. Green Ash. 



2. GREEN ASH. Fraxinus pennsylvanica. var. lanceolata (Bork- 

 hausen) . Sargent. 



This is a small tree with rather thick, rough, gray bark and 

 smooth twigs. The leaves have from five to nine leaflets, 

 ovate or lanceolate in shape, and sessile or almost so. The wing 

 of the samara runs about halfway down the seed. 



This tree grows in the valleys of the Red, Assiniboine, Qu'Ap- 

 pelle and Souris rivers, as well as in the Pembina and Moose 

 Mountains and the eastern part of the Dirt Hills. It prefers 

 good ground and moist locations, and under favorable condi- 



