STORKS AGRICULTURAL EXRERIMENT STATION. 343 



THE ASHES 



Fraxinus- 



Leaf-scars opposite, large, conspicuous, bundle-scars minute, forming' 

 a curved line often more or less contlui.-'nt ; buds stout, scurfy, brown or 

 black with ovate bud-scales opposite in pairs; twigs stout and brittle; 

 fruit winged. 



164. Leaf-scars deeply concave on upper margin 



AVIiite Asli (Fraxinus (tinevicanaJp.^tTAi 



164. Leaf-scars not deeply concave on upper margin, semicircular to 

 shield-shaped 165 



165. Bark soft-scaly; buds generally black; last iin'ir of leaf-scars 

 generally some distance below end of twig giving a stalked-like 



appearance to the terminal bud 



Itlnek Ash (Fraxinus nK/raJp.5G0 



165. Bark ridged, not soft-scaly 166 



166. Buds black; trees found only in cultivation 



Kuropenii A«Ii {Fr<txinus excelsior) under Comparisons i».r>r»S 



166. Buds dark brown; trees native 167 



167. Twigs downy Red AmIi {Fraxinus pmusyU'anira )p."tH 



167. Twigs smooth, fireeu Asli (Fraxinus pennsvJvanico^ \'ar. lanceolata) 



under Ci-'mparisons p.ooS 



