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FIG. 120,—MAGNIFICENT ASH, 
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NEAR HOPE END, HEREFORDSHIRE. 
communicating ideas by parts of those} trees.” The 
Ash bears pinnated leaves, and trees thus circum- 
ften be nt 
a 
very. ly ti was a maine a e stanced have often been accoun 
the antipathy of serpents to the Ash. It said ective, as the Elder and the Mountain Ash. In thi 
that serpents had such an sa enico to it that they peda growth of the 
aens that ame and a en its shadow ; and Pliny | leaflet pt the corey Bit this 
th: anda serpent be surrounded -A | pari then 1 
‘hs, 
into the b 
The, “folk-lore” i E Batain ty rk — is of 
omely doturé than the Scandin , but 
ay tes Dhat Davies says in ka "Celtic Researches "that 
erms 
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‘Fic. 121.—OLD ASH, COOK’S 
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ed accordingly. ‘Tt is an old tr Wor 
cestershire that the m of a maiden Ash cut fresh 
ep the t rmerly as an infallible cure 
e ague ; but the rs aa o d marshes 
as pede ceo? a resort to this specific unnecessary in 
Baer hite mentions a cruel 
at used to prevail among rustics, 
superstitious 
I see pe heard of as in use within the 
and which 
ee of old people, of — d a Bands inan Ash 
tree, and there i a A few 
strokes with a bearish taken Ak a hoe = perp eae by 
this process was accounted a sovereign remedy against 
cramps and lameness in cattle, which the harmless 
shrew mouse was ht to occasion. I believe 
that the shrew Ash now only exists in 
But there is another idea t erived from ancient 
times, still li and that is the efficacy of passing 
throug di of an Ash Dis- 
by p= sing throug a a 
siring offspri ring, 
ae blessed, ~ "ee making the 
f 
-e pes object esar have pra! 
n decay ar oan subject to s 
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qem and is believed in b ny 
t of se ther — it is certainly a spier 
e has been turned into rhyme, and 
a meee wet or dry summer. 
Ash shows leafage before the Oak, 
hi It the Oak's before the Ash, 
aeons splash? 
But, edie dn Delores Coty 
however, I can 
season in which the Ash 
e Oak, or even in full foliage at the same time ; and 
bou. pe a high temperature prev 
the Ash would Sa exhibit foliage earlier than 
Sir Th in his edition of Gilpin’s 
Forest Scenery, without sities tothe idea, ju 
says, ‘‘ The foliage of the Ash not only falls suddenly 
dese Fo b has t 
yoi Pfootfall be by the roo 
your ad be as firm as Ash roots, in | whatever you 
dert 
With this tough adage I may close m Ashen- 
memoranda, referring to old Evelyn for the numerous 
uses he assigns to the t ree when converted i o timber 
THE OLD WALLS AT KEW. — 
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