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Bowling Gteen, Kentudky, there was a grove of loCustB, gi'owiiig 6n fte tUet 

 bottom, some of which were many thorned, (the honey locust) and others 

 thornleaa. A marked difference was recognized by the common people and 

 negroes in the foliage tod timber of the two ; the thorny having much 

 larger leaves, the timber was diiJficult to split, and less durable than the 

 thornless. Which split readily. He was told by his father that posts of the 

 latter wei'e set around the garden for fence in 1805. In 1860, he was at the 

 place, and fotind several of the posts still firmly standing where he had first 

 knoWn thetn, dnd apparently as sound as when he first knew them. It did 

 not sptout from the roots, and was highly esteemed as a fuel tree. 



From all we have been able to learn of this trfee, wef consider it of great 

 value as an ornamental and forest tree, and hope to hear that every sfied it 

 may produce in this litate Will be carefully planted and preserved. An ap- 

 parent variety is sometimes found which has a atput thorn of an inch in 

 length, at each leaf< This will show itself the first year, and maybe destoyed. 

 OLE ACE A, (Olive Family.) 



Trees or shriibs, with opposite and pitinate or simple leaves. A smill fam- 

 ily of which the olive is the type, also represented by the lilac, the privet of 

 foreign origin and two indigenous genera of which the ash constitutes one 

 tribe. 



rKAXIN.^;, {Ash Tribe.) 



Trees with opposite and pinnated leaves, of 3 to 16 either tooted or en- 

 tire, odd leaflets ; fruit is a 1 or 2 celled samara or key, flattened winged at 

 the apex. The small flowers are in crowded panicles or racemes from the 

 axils of last years leaves. The name JB'raximia is supposed to be derived froffi 

 the Greek phrcms (a separation) from the facility with which the wood is split 

 and separated into grains. , There are several varieties, but only the most 

 valuable will be noticed. 



FRAXlJrnS AMERICASTA. ( Wlike Ask) 



Leaflets '1 to 9, oblong, ovate, pointed, entire glaucose underneath, at 

 length the branchlets are smooth, with white dots. Samaras produced on 

 long slender panacles ; fruit linear, spatulate, obtuse, with a long narrowed 

 base, ripens in autumn, and should be planted as soon as gathered. Bark on 

 old trees grey, rough, deeply furrowed, with smooth greenish, grey branchlets. 

 The tree is of large size. With a stem 40 to 60 feet high — wood very white, 

 except the heart wood of old decaying trees. It requires a deep, rich soil, in 

 which it grows very rapidly ; rivalling the elm ; is also very ornamental, 

 forming a large round head when groWn as a single speciihen. 



MAXiNUS QUADfiANGtJLAfA. (Hue AsL) 

 Leaflets 5 to 9, lanceolate, eliptical, serrate, pointed at both ends, almost 

 sessile, doWny underneath ; the young branches and pith 4 angled— -samaras 

 from 1 to li inches long and three-fourths of an inch wide, obtuse at both 

 ends. A large tree with a stem like the white ash, yielding as valuable tim- 

 ber, with which it is often confounded. It will grow on drier land than the 

 white ash, and is an equally valuable variety for all purposes. It is doubted 

 if this valuable species is a native of Wisconsin and it should be introduced. 



FRAXINUS SAMBUCIFOLIA. {Black Ash, Swamp Ash.) 

 Leaflets 9 to 11, sessile, by an obtuse base' elliptical— lanceolate, pointed, 

 more or less hairy on the veins beneath— samaras elliptical— oblong, tery' 



