98 THE CANADIAN f OHESTEK „ 



said of the oak in the preceding chapters applies to this 

 one. Engraving No. 98, p. lOT, shows the acorn of the 

 bnrr-oak. 



Fraxinus viridis — Green-Ash. 



This is smaller than the white ash, but in eyery other 

 respect its qualities are the same, 

 . though its growth is more rapid. 

 In fact, it is said to increase in size 

 as fast as the negundo, a description 

 of which tree I append. The green- 

 ash prefers a rich, deep soil, and 

 is perfectly saited to forest-culture 



86.- Leaves of American Ume. jj^ ^J^g pralricS of the "West. Its 



wood is used for the same purposes as the wood of the 

 other kinds of ash, and its treatment will be found in 

 the chapters on that tree. Engraving No. 99, p. lOt, 

 represents the seed of the green-ash. 



Negundo — Ash-leaved maple. 



The qualities which make the i^egundo so valuable 

 are its rapid growth and the sug-ar-yielding properties 

 of its sap. At thirty years from seed it 

 arrives at maturity, measuring, usually, 

 thirty feet in height. The seed, which it 

 American lime, begius to yield at three years old, ripens 

 in autumn, and should be sown at once ; the following 

 year the plant will be one foot high. Five years from 

 sowing, trees of this species have produced sugar ! Some 

 people, who evidently know nothing about the matter, 

 deny that the negundo affords sugar. All that I have 

 said about the red-maple (the plane), applies to this tree. 

 I recommend the cultivation of the negundo, in Quebec 

 and Ontario, as being very profitable, and it should be 



