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Observe MOHLE FLOWERS {Jasminum Samhac, Ait.) CASE 

 and oil obtained from them, used in perfumery in India. 7^. 

 They are also largely used by Hindus for making 

 garlands. 



Note also flowers of Harsinghar {Nyctanthes Arhor- 

 trlstis, L.), employed in India as a yellow dye for cotton 

 cloths. They also yield an essential oil used in perfumery, 

 and like those last mentioned, are made into garlands by 

 the Hindus. 



Observe wood of AMERICAN ASH (Fraxinus americana, 

 L.), and various articles made of it. This wood is inferior 

 to English Ash and is used for agricultural implements, 

 carriages, tool-handles, oars, (fee. 



No. 357. Manna, the concrete, sweet juice of the 

 Manna Ash (Fraxinus Ornus, L.), growing in Sicily and 

 Southern Italy. It is obtained from incisions in the bark, 

 made in summer and autumn. A portion of a trunk 

 showing the incisions is exhibited, also mannite and 

 manna sugar. Manna is a mild and agreeable laxative. 



No. 358. Insect Wax, from China, secreted by 

 Coccus Pe-la, Westw. The insects live and reproduce 

 themselves spontaneously on Ligustrum lucidum, Ait. 

 The Chinese transport the females and cultivate them in 

 Western China on Fraxinus chinensis, Roxb., which is 

 readily propagated by cuttings; in Eastern China Ligus- 

 trum lucidum itself is used. The wax is employed for a 

 variety of purposes by the Chinese, as for coating candles 

 (note examples), glazing paper, polishing furniture, and 

 finishing the plastered walls of rooms {see also Case 75). 



No. 359. Wood of the Common Ash {Fraxinus excel- 

 sior, L.), the toughest and most elastic of British timbers, 

 greatly valued by the cart-wright, wheel -wright, cooper, 

 machine-framework, and agricultural implement maker. 

 In request in olden time for spears, and used at the 

 present time for the shafts of lances carried by the British 

 cavalry. An English ash-shafted cavalry lance is exhibited 

 over the doors. 



Note in the Case a series of specimens illustrating the 

 manufacture of tennis rackets, an alpenstock, and other 

 articles made of Ash. 



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