92 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING 
being found in great bunches and as long as six inches. 
Its fruit is a long, thin, brownish pod, which is sweet and 
contains little light brown beans. The wood is strong 
and durable. 
45, The Ash. Every boy who has owned a rowboat 
knows that oars are made of wood from the ash. This 
is because the oar must be elastic as well as strong, 
and the timber of the ash tree sup- 
plies these two qualities. The ash 
is one of our tallest and noblest 
forest trees. It is rather slim in 
build, with beautiful clean shiny 
green foliage. The members of 
this group seem to be 
fond of colors, and we 
have the white ash, red 
ash, green ash, blue ash, 
and black ash. 
There are slight dif- 
Ha. W2; Med Ash ferences in the leaves and 
seeds, but, as in other trees, when we have once seen an 
ash seed we can always thereafter distinguish an ash tree. 
Fig. 102 shows the seed of the red ash. It is a winged 
seed, with the seed part inclosed by the wing. 
The compound leaf of the white ash has from five to 
seven leaflets and the black ash has from seven to 
