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ville, and in a swamp, one mile east of Campbellford, Northumberland 

 Co., Ont. ; also along Indian River, near Owen Sound. (Macoun.} St. 

 Catharines, Ont. (Maclagan.} In the vicinity of Hamilton, Ont. 

 (Swhan.) Neighborhood of London, Ont. {Burgess.} Vicinity of 

 Toronto. {Fowler.} Mount Edgecomb, North-west Coast. (Scouler.} 



LXI. OLEACE^E. OLIVE FAMILY. 

 388. FRAXINUS, Linn. (ASH.) 



(1455.) F. Americana, Linn. (White Ash.) 



F. epiptera, Michx. Hook. Fl. I., 50. 

 F. acuminata, Lam. Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



Eich woods, becoming a fine tree both in the forest and along old 

 fences. Not very common in Nova Scotia, but rather more so in New 

 Brunswick, increasingly so in Quebec, and quite common in Ontario 

 where it is a valuable and important tree. Whycocomah, Cape Breton, 

 is its eastern limit as far as known, and its western one at Owen Sound, 

 but it is likely to be found much farther west. 



(1456.) F. pubescens, Lam. Red Ash or River Ash. 



On alluvium along rivers and margins of lakes, not in swamps. A 

 fine tree with light easily splitting wood often named "Rim Ash" 

 on this account. Halifax, N.S. (Lawson.} Not noticed in New 

 Brunswick. Vicinity of Montreal ; also Beauharnois Co., Q., and at 

 Kemptville, Ont. (McGill Coll. Herb.} Gatineau Point and other 

 suitable localities in the vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher & Whyte.} 

 Not uncommon at Prescott, Ont. (Billings.} River banks and margins 

 of lakes throughout Ontario and westward to Red Deer River at the 

 head of Lake Winnipegoosis, Lat. 53 and in the valleys of the Red 

 and Assiniboine rivers. 



(145*7.) F. viridis, Michx. Green Ash. 



F. Americana, Hook. Fl. II., 51. 



F. Caroliniana, Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



F. juglandifolia, Willd. Pursh Fl. I., 9. 



Valley of Sydenham River, near Owen Sound, Ont. ; valleys of the 

 Assiniboine and Red rivers west to Shell River above Fort Ellice. 

 Dirt Hills along the margin of the Souris Plain. (Macoun} Vicinity 

 of Winnipeg. (Bourgeau.} The distribution of this and the preceding 

 species is not very well understood, and collectors are earnestly 

 requested to pay more attention to trees in their collecting of specimens. 



