CHAP. LXXV. 



OLEA^CEiE. FRA'XINUS. 



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ash. In America, the wood is 

 applied to the same purposes as 

 that of the other species ; but in 

 France, into which country it 

 was introduced in 1775, and in 

 England, it is only to be consi- 

 dered as an ornamental tree. 

 The finest specimens of it that 

 we have heard of are in the 

 garden of Pope's Villa at Twick- 

 enham, but beyond the found- 

 ation of the wall which bounded 

 what was Pope's property, where 

 it is 67 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 

 70 ft. This splendid tree, which 

 retains its leaves till Christmas, 

 flowers, but never produces seed. 

 In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole 

 Court, where, in 40 years, it has 

 attained the height of 60 ft., it 

 ripens seeds, from which many 

 young plants have been raised, 

 and distributed in the plantations. 

 In Worcestershire, at Croome, in 30 years, it has attained the height of 35 ft. 

 In Scotland, in Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 15 years planted, it is 19 ft. 

 high. In Ireland, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, one, 35 years planted, is 

 30 ft. high ; and in Louth, at Oriel Temple, there is one, 45 years planted, 

 which is 56 ft. high. Price of plants and seeds as in the preceding sort. 



¥ 14. F. (a.) carolinia^na Lam. 



The Carolina Ash. 



Vahl Enum , 1. p. 51. ; Willd. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 543. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 9, 



Sp., 1. p. 1103. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. F. excelsior Walt. Fl. Car., p. 254. ; F. serratifblia Michx.fil. Arb., p. 33. ; F. lanceo- 



lata Borkh. 

 Engraving. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 124. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaflets 2 — 3 pairs, oval, petiolate, serrated, glabrous and 

 shining above. Flowers calyculate. Branches glabrous, and, like the buds, 

 brownish. Racemes loose, l^in. long, often twin from the same bud, 

 Pedicels numerous, umbellate. Calyx small, campanulate. (Don's Mill., 

 adapted.) A tree, from 30 ft. to 50 ft. high ; a native from Pennsylvania to 

 Carolina. It was introduced in 1783, and flowers in May and June. 

 Description, fyc. This is a very remarkable variety, readily distinguished by 

 the large size of its leaflets, which are nearly round, but acuminated, and sel- 

 dom consist of more than two pairs, with an odd one. The samaras are unlike 

 those of any of the preceding sorts ; being flat, oval, and often almost as broad 

 as they are long. The tree seldom exceeds 30 ft. in height ; and it flowers and 

 fruits when 15 ft. or 20 ft. high. In spring, the lower surface of the leaves, 

 and the young shoots, are covered with down, which disappears as the sum- 

 mer advances. This species is limited to the southern states ; abounding 

 chiefly on the river at Cape Fear, in North Carolina ; and upon the Ashley and 

 the Cooper, in South Carolina. (Michx.) In America, it is entirely neglected 

 as a timber tree ; and in Europe, it is solely considered as ornamental. 



¥ 15. F. (a.) epi'ptera Vahl. 



The vj'mg-to\)\)e&-seeded, or two-coloured, 

 Ash. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 8. ; Vahl Enum., 1. p. 50. j Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1102. ; Don's 



Mill., 4. p. 55. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. F. canadensis Gcertn. Fruct, 1. p. 222. t. 49. ; F. lancea Bosc. 

 Engraving. Gajrtn. Fruct., 1. t. 49. ; 



Spec. Char.,S[-c. Leaflets lanceolate-elliptic, subserrated, opaque, and downy 

 beneath on the veins. Samara cuneated, obtuse and emarginate at the 



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