Ha^tdbook or Tkkes of tiik N^oetiieen States and Canada. 



The ^Yhite Ash is one of tlio most yalualilc 

 luinhvoud trees of llie Ainevieun forests, and 

 one of the statliest representatixes of its genus. 

 In tlie forests of the ricli bottom-lanits of tlie 

 tower Oliio basin it lias been known to attain 

 the height of 1'20 ft. and 5-0 ft. in diameter of 

 trunk, hut tliese dimensions are exeeptiouak 

 It occupies rii'h slopes and bottom-htnds, wliere 

 not too moist, and is an abuiidant tree tlirn gh- 

 out most of tlie etj-stern stales and t'aiaula. 

 When growing apart from other trees it de- 

 velops an ovoid or somewhat pyramidal top, 

 with long slender lateral branches. It is a 

 tree of good habit and hamlsonre foliage and 

 is pitpnlar as an ornamental shade tree. 



The wood of the \\ hite .\sli is heavy, a eubii' 

 foot weighing 4(1. 7S lbs., hard and strong, an 1 

 is used e-\tensi\-ely in the manufacture id' tooN 

 handles, agricultural implements, rars, furni- 

 ture, etc.i The inner bark is used in medicine. 



J.riMTs S-l."; in. lonK, with ."i-ll oblong-lanoc- 

 olate, ovate or o|-iovate petiolulate leaflets, rounded 

 or cuneate at base, long-acuminate or acute at 

 apex, entire or crenate-serrate at maturity, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous dark grren aliovc, whitish 

 and glabrous or pubescent beneath. Floin-yn 

 dioecious, calyx camiianulate, 4-lobecl imorr 

 deeply In the pistillate flower); petals none; 

 stamens ■_' (sometimes .'!), Fruit: samara, 1-2 in. 

 in length but sometimes (in var. niicrocnriin 

 Qravi not more than % in., lanceolate with shorl 

 terete body and terminal wing more than twice ils 

 length. 



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