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Ash. 
Sraxinus Amertana. Narurat Orver: Oleacee— Olive Family. 
Y EAUTIFUL is the ash, one of the most dignified denizens of 
the forest, rising to a height of from thirty to forty feet with- 
out branching, and then crowning itself with large, dense and 
handsome foliage to an extent fully equal to the growth of 
ZZ = its stately trunk. It delights in moist locations, as the banks 
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SEBS of rivers and marshes, and does not thrive well in barren or 
bleak situations. Its timber is elastic, light, tough and durable, 
~ and is much used by car-builders, carriage-makers, wheelwrights and 
ship-builders, as well as in the manufacture of agricultural implements. 
Grandeur. 
ITH goddess-like demeanor forth she went — 
Not unattended, for on her as a queen 
oO A pomp of winning graces waited still, 
Y And from about her shot darts of desire 
Into all eyes to wish her still in sight. 
—Milton. 
HAT is grandeur? Not the sheen ARK her majestic fabric! She’s a temple 
Of silken robes; no, nor the mien Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; 
And haughty eye Her soul’s the deity that lodges there; 
Of old nobility— Nor is the pile unworthy of the god. —Dryden. 
The foolish that is not, but has been. 
The noblest trophies of mankind HAT winning graces, what majestic mien! 
Are the conquests of the mind. She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. 
—Sir A. Hunt. —Pope. 
WAS born with greatness; 
I’ve honors, titles, power, here within: 
All vain external greatness I contemn. 
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KNOW an ash Thence come the dews 
Named Ygg-drasill; That wet the dales. 
A stately tree, It stands aye green 
With white dust strewed. O’er Urda’s well. 
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