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jrraiiuus Americana. 



Natural Order: O/cacccr — Olive Family. 



1 VUTIFUL is the ash, one of the most dignified denizens of 

 tlie forest, rising to a height of from thirty to forty feet with- 

 out branching, and then crowning itself with large, dense and 

 handsome foliage to an extent full}' equal to the growth of 

 stately trunk. It delights in moist locations, as the banks 

 nvers and marshes, and does not thrive well in barren or 

 situations. Its timber is elastic, light, tough and durable, 

 ind IS much used b}- car-builders, carriage-makers, wheelwrights and 

 ^ ship-buildeis, as well as in the manufacture of agricultural implements. 



^>--^l _^ Its stal 

 /^V%f^ of rive 



irnitbcur. 



'IIT'ITH goddess-like demeanor forth she went — 



Not unattended, for on her as a queen 

 A pomp of winning graces waited still, 

 And from about her shot darts of desire 

 Into all eves to wish her still in sia^ht. 



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AT is grandeur? Not the sheen 

 Of silken robes; no, nor the mien 

 And haughty eve 

 Of old nobility— 

 The foolish that is not, but has been. 

 The noblest trophies of mankind 

 Are the conquests of the mind. 



-Kir A, Hunt. 



11 1 ARK her majestic fabric! She's a temple 



Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; 

 Her soul's the deity that lodges there; 

 Nor is the pile unworthy of the god. —Drrden. 



"IIIHAT winning graces, what majestic mien! 



She moves a goddess, and she looks a queer 



—Pope. 



WAS born 

 I 've honors, 



vith greatness ; 

 titles, power, here 



All vain external greatness 



T KNOW an ash 



Named Ygg-drasill ; 

 A stately tree. 

 With white dust strewed. 



Thence come the dews 

 That wet the dales. 

 It stands aye green 

 O'er Urda's well. 



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