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beneath; fruit ovate at the base, flattish, and two- 
edged, the edges gradually dilated into the long 
oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate wing. 
The Red Ash is said to be more multiplied than 
any other species in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary- 
land and Virginia. According to Dr. Gray, it is rare 
west of the Alleghanies. It is found in various 
localities in Illinois and Iowa, but I have not found 
it in the vicinity where I reside, and am not inti- 
mately acquainted with it. 
The Red Ash grows on the banks of rivers, and in 
most rich soils, similar to those preferred by the 
White Ash. It is a smaller tree than the White Ash, 
and, if the testimony of Michaux may be believed, is 
of much less rapid growth. The wood is employed 
for the same purposes as the White Ash and Blue 
Ash, and possesses all the properties for which they 
are esteemed. Although inferior in size to the White 
Ash, this species may probably be found suited to 
cultivation in warmer climates than the former. It 
is propagated in the same manner as other species. 
5. Frazinus viridis—Green Ash. 
Smooth throughout; leaflets, five to nine, ovate or 
oblong-lanceolate, often wedge-shaped at the base and 
serrate above; bright green both sides; fruit, ovate 
at the base, striated, two-edged or margined, gradually 
dilated into a wing like that of the Red Ash. 
This species, which does.not rank above a middle- 
gized tree, is found mostly upon the banks of rivers, and 
