OLEACE^ 



Native of Persia ; introduced from S. Europe, 1597, under name of Pipe-tree 

 Name Lilac is Spanish, — Arab. " lilak," a lilac; Persian, — " lilaj, lilanj, lilang " 

 = indigo plant. The Arab, "lilak (nilak)" = bluish ; named from bluish tinge of 

 flowers (Skeat). 



MANNA ASH, Fraxinus Ornus. 



Gardens, lawns. ISlay, June. The dense waving plumes of greenish-white 

 blossoms make this one of the most ornamental and desirable of hardy deciduous 

 trees. It is propagated by layering in autumn, and grafting on the common 

 species in March. 



Floxvas greenish-white, very sweet-scented, in a dense pendulous paitide of 

 axillary clusters, peduncles shorter than leaves ; Calyx gamosepalous, •1-partite, 

 inferior ; Corolla i free petals, only slightly united at base, linear, hypogynous ; 

 Stamens 2, hypogynous ; Ovarij superior, 2-celled, stigmas 2 ; Fruit a samara, 

 brown. 



Leaves opposite, imparipinnate ; leaflets lanceolate or elliptic, attenuated, 

 serrate, entire at base, petiolate, villous or downy beneath. Autumn tint 

 bronze. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. ; round-headed ; Branelies when young purplish or 

 livid, with yellow dots; growth slow. 



Introduced from S. Europe, 1730. Synonymous with Onnis europcea and 

 F. paniculata. 



ASH, Fraxinus excelsior. 



\\^oods, hedges, parks, and gardens. March — INIay. " While the oak has been 



justly called the Hercules of the forest, the Ash has equally merited the title of 



the Sylvan \"enus, from the elegance of its form, the feathery lightness of its 



foliage, and the graceful waving of its branches — qualities especially to be 



appreciated when it is grouped with other trees of more massive character, or, as 



we have frequently seen and admired it, growing, as it loves to do, l)y brook or 



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