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Fraxinus excelsior, L.* 



The ordinary Ash of Europe and West Asia. Height 90 feet, of com- 

 paratively quick growth, known to attain an age of nearly 200 yews. 

 Rich soil on forest rivulets or riverbanks suit it best ; wood remark- 

 ably tough and elastic, used for agricultural and other Em for 

 oars, axletrees and many other purposes. Six peculiar kinds of ash 

 trees occur in Japan, some also in the Indian Highlands ; all night 

 be tried here. 



Fraxinus floribunda, Don. 



Nepal Ash, 40 feet high. 

 Fraxinus Ornus, L.* 



The Manna Ash of the Mediterranean regions. Height about 30 feet. 



It yields the medicinal manna. 



Fraxinus quadrangulata, Michx* 



The Blue Ash at North America. One of the tallest of the Ash: ; 

 feet high, with an excellent timber. 



Fraxinus viridis. Mich. 



The Green Ash of North America. Height 70 feet : wood excellent. 



Gleditschia triacanthos. L. 



The deciduous Honey Locust tree of North America. Height up I 

 feet. Wood hard, coarse-grained, fissile. Sown dos rms 



impenetrable, thorny, not readily combustible hedges. An allied sp 

 the G. horrida, Willd. in East Asia. Tte Water Locust tree of North 

 America (Gleditschia swwijhism. Wait. . will stow in swamps to 

 : fees. 



Grevillea robusta, Cunningh * 



Our beautiful Lawntree, indigenous to the subtropical part of East . 

 tralia, 10 feeth gh ;:' rather rapid growth, and resisting drougl: 

 a remark, i iegree; hence - -ert- 



culture. Our I trees yield now already an ample supply of 



seeds. The wood is valued particularly for stares of casks. 



Guevina Avellana, Molina (Quadria kaerophyUa. R. & P.) 



The evergreen Hazel tree o; Chili, g gas far as 9L It attains a 



hei_ 3 :he Hazel amtel S 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, Larnark. 



The Chirot. A North American timber and kh attaining 



a height oi SO feet: allied : -,'aia, but. as the name ix-. 



thornless. The wood is strong, tough, eonipav.: 

 assumes a roq c 



Juglans cinerea, L* 



The Butternut tree of N. America. About 50 feet high : stem 



4 feet, Likes rocky places in rich forests. v . r than that of 



the Black Walnut, durable and tree from attacks el 



Juglans nigra. L * 



Black Walnut tree. Attains a L: .. 



meter ; found in rich forest land in N. America. Wood pur. 



brown, turning dark wit'.. .->_..-. sboagj tough, not liable to warp . 



split: not sllwiwl by insects. Seed more oily than the European 



Walnut. 



Juglans regia, L* 



The ordinary Walnut tree «f Europe, b. . 



it attains a height of fully 8Q i lives many cev 



light and toagh, much sought for cur. stocks, furniture and other tL . 



The shells of "the k m& [ii|,»iiiil iSnoe of choice priK; 



