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TU\i ASH. 



and these projections forni as it were brackets, on which the hiids 

 rest. Between each pair ut brackets the stem is tlatteiied, above ami 

 below them it is rounded, and the succeediiiL; flat portions do not 

 exactly correspond in position but are set alternately at right angles 

 to one another. 



The newlv tormed shoots are yreen and very smooth, latei- on 

 thev become a lighter grev-green. Tlic seams that mark the position 

 of former leaves or Howers, or the points trom which shoots haye 

 sprung, remain as distinct projections on the smooth branches. On 

 an old tree these ridges are tound very close together, owing to its 

 slower growth atter maturity, and the shorter spaces tliat inter\'ene 

 between the leaves it puts torth. 



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Ash buds in winter arc covered by black mealy scales, \ery 

 rough in texture. When these burst, thev disclose the le.ives, ioldetl 

 at the ribs and covered with brown downy hairs, and alsi a yaw 

 of dull green bud scales, rcnigli to the touch and covered with a 



