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propagated by grafting on any common stock, as the White 

 ash, 7 or 8 feet high, when the branches immediately begin to 

 turn down in a very striking and peculiar manner. The 

 droop of the branches is hardly a graceful one, yet it is so 

 unique, either when leafless, or in full foliage, that it has long- 

 been one of our greatest favourites. 



The Flowering ash, {Fraxinus Ormis,*) is a small tree, of 

 about 20 feet, growing plentifully in the south of Europe, and 

 is also found sparingly in this country. Its chief beauty lies 

 in the beautiful clusters of pale or greenish-white flowers, 

 borne on the terminal branches in May and June. The fo- 

 liage and general appearance of the tree, are much like those 

 of the common ash; but when in blossom, it resembles a good 

 deal the Carolina Fringe tree. In Italy, a gummy substance 

 called manna, exudes from the bark, which is used in medi- 

 cine. 



The Lime or Linden Tree. Tilia. 



Nat. Ord. Tiliacese. Lin. Sysi. Polyandria, Monogynia. 



This tree, or rather the American sort, is well known 

 among us by the name of hasswood. It is a rapidly growing, 

 handsome, upright, and regularly shaped tree ; and all the 

 species are much esteemed, both in Europe and this country, 

 for planting in avenues and straight lines, wherever the taste 

 is in favour of geometric plantations. In Germany and Hol- 

 land, this tree is a great favourite for bordering their wide 

 and handsome streets, and lining their long and straight 

 canals. "In Berlin," Granville says in his travels, '• there is a 

 celebrated street called ^ imter der Lindeti,^ (under the lime 

 trees,) a gay and splendid avenue, planted with double rows 

 of this tree, which presented to my view a scene far more 



* Ornus Europceus of Persoon, and the European botanists. Beck remarks 

 that the American kind is so little known, that it is difficult to determine whether 

 it is a different species, or only a mere variety of the European. 



