XLVI. OLEA CEH: FRA‘XINUS. 641 
particularly in winter, not only from 
the yellow colour of its bark, but RD 
from the curved contorted character 
of its branches, which somewhat 
resemble the horns of an animal. 
Y Fle. 4 atrea péndula,— Bark yellow, 
and the branches as pendulous, and 
of as vigorous growth, as those of 
Fe. péndula. 
Y F.e.5crispa. F. crispa Bose, F. atro- 
virens Desf. Arb.i. p. 104.— Leaves 
aay. F.e. péndula. 
dark green, crumpled, and curled. The darkness of the green of 
the leaves is remarkable; and this and their crumpled appearance, 
combined with the rigid stunted character of the whole plant, render 
it a strikingly grotesque object. 
¥ F. c. 6 jaspidea Willd., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Bark of the trunk and 
branches streaked with reddish white. 
+ F.e. 7 purpuréscens Descemet (F, purptrea Hort.).— Bark purple. 
Horticultural Society’s Garden. 
¥ F. e. 8 argéntea Desf. Arb., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Leaves variegated 
with white. 
¥ F. c. 9 lutea. — Leaflets edged with yellow. 
*% F. e. 10 erdsa Pers. Ench. i. p. 604. — Leaflets erosely toothed. 
% F. e. 11 horizontals Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 
—Branches spreading. horizontally. 
* F. e. 12 verrucdsa Desf., Pers. Ench. i. p. 604., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.— 
Branches warted. 
* F. e. 13 verrucisa péndula. —- Branches warted and pendulous. Hor- 
ticultural Society’s Garden. 
¥ F.e. 14 nana Lod. Cat. ed. 1836. F. e. humilis, and F’. Theophrasti 
Hort. — The leaves resemble those of the common ash, but the 
leaflets are much smaller and closer together, and the plant seldom 
exceeds 3 ft. in height. 
* F. e. 15 fungosa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.—Bark fungous-like. 
€ F. e. 16 verticillata Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.—Leaves whorled. 
¥ F. ¢. 17 villisa nova Descemet.—Leaves villous. 
Other Varietics. There are several in the Catalogue of Messrs. Loddiges, 
and in other collections, but we do not think them worth enumerating. 
The common ash is one’ of the noblest of our forest trees, attaining a height 
of from 80 ft. to 100 ft., and enduring several centuries. No deciduous tree 
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