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direct the attention of the curious to this phe- 

 nomenon of vegetable nature. 



The common ash propagates itself plenti- 

 fully by the seed, so that abundance of young 

 trees may be found in the neighbourhood of 

 ash-trees, provided cattle are not suffered to 

 graze on the land. 



In raising woods or considerable planta- 

 tions of ash-trees, it is recommended to pre- 

 pare the ground as for corn, and to sow a good 

 quantity of ash keys with oats. If the crop of 

 corn be taken off at the proper season on the 

 following year, the ground will be covered 

 with young trees. Ash seeds that have been 

 kept over the year, as well as those which are 

 deeply covered with earth, do not come up 

 until the second year. 



The variety of the common ash, with pen- 

 dulous branches, called the weeping ash, is 

 produced by engrafting, and it has at all times 

 a heavy unnatural appearance. But those who 

 admire trees of such singular, distorted shapes, 

 should be careful to plant them where their 

 branches may have full liberty to extend 

 themselves each way, and the tree will then 

 form an agreeable leafy marquee, for the warm 

 season, but it is generally ill placed in the 

 shrubbery, and often very ridiculously planted 



