THE ASH 



Fraxinus oregona NUTT. 



Some day when on your tree hunt 

 you will wander down some sun-parched 

 stream bed leading to the desert and 

 there you will find the Ash trees grow- 

 ing. If it is winter you will find them 

 leafless and at their best. And you can 

 then study the endless ramifications of 

 their branches and get the charm of 

 form instead of color. Nature is fertile 

 in her devisings and no two trees can be 

 alike. The best time to catch the beauty 

 of these tree outlines is at the evening 

 hour. Looking down some westward 

 sloping canyon out upon the silent and 

 colorful desert you see the bright lights 

 behind them as they stand in dark relief 

 against the gold-burnished, maroon- 

 streaked sunset sky. 



The Oregon Ash grows best in the 

 rich, moist, bottom lands along the rivers 

 of Southwestern Oregon and Northern 



FRAXINUS, from /ranger L., to break, the wood being 

 brittle. The English Ash is an old Saxon word. 



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