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rusty-velvety or scurfy pubescence lasting often into the 

 second year. 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Buds rounded, dark reddish- 

 brown, more or less downy, smaller than those of the white 

 ash, partially covered by the swollen petiole. Leaves pin- 

 nately compound, opposite, 9-15 inches long ; petiole short, 

 downy, enlarged at base ; leaflets 7-9, opposite, 3-5 inches long, 

 about one half as wide, light green and smooth above, paler 

 and more or less downy beneath ; outline extremely variable, 

 ovate, narrow-oblong, elliptical or sometimes obovate, entire 

 or slightly toothed ; apex acute to acuminate ; base acute or 

 rounded ; leaflet stalks short, grooved, downy ; stipules and 

 stipels none. 



Inflorescence. May. Similar to that of the white ash. 



Fruit. Ripening in early fall, and hanging in clusters 

 into the winter ; samara or key about 1^ inches long ; body of 

 the fruit narrowly cylindrical, the edges gradually widening 

 from about the center into linear or spatulate wings, obtuse or 

 rounded at the ends, sometimes mucronate. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England ; 

 grows readily in any good soil, but prefers a wet or moist, 

 rich loam ; almost as rapid-growing when young as the white 

 ash, and is not seriously affected by insects or fungous 

 diseases ; worthy of a place in landscape plantations and on 

 streets, but not often found in nurseries ; propagated from 

 seed. 



PLATE LXXXIV. FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA. 



^1. Winter buds. 



2. Branch with sterile flowers. 



/?>. Sterile flowers. 



/ 4. Branch with fertile flowers. 



^,5. Fertile flower. 



^/6. Fruiting branch. 



s 7. Mature leaf. 



