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Fraxinus excelsior, L.* 



The ordinary Ash of Europe and West Asia. Height 80 feet, of com- 

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

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

 ably tougb and elastic, used for agricultural and other implements, for 

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

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

 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 of North America. One of the tallest of the Ashes, 70 

 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 to 80 

 feet. Wood hard, coarse-grained, fissile. Sown closely, this plant forms 

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

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

 America {Gleditschia monosperma, Walt.), will grow in swamps to 

 80 feet. 



Grevillea robusta, Cunningh* 



Our beautiful Lawntree, indigenous to the subtropical part of East Aus- 

 tralia, 100 feet high, of rather rapid growth, and resisting drought in 

 a remarkable degree ; hence one of the most eligible trees for desert- 

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

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



G-uevina Avellana, Molina (Quadria heterophylla, E. & P.) 



The evergreen Hazel tree of Chili, growing as far as 30° S. It attains a 

 height of 30 feet, and yields the Hazel nuts of S. America 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lamark. 



The Chirot. A North American timber and avenue tree, attaining 

 a height of 80 feet ; allied to Gleditschia, but, as the name implies, 

 thornless. The wood is strong, tough, compact, fine-grained, and 

 assumes a rosy color. 



Juglans cinerea, L.* 



The Butternut tree of N. America. About 50 feet high ; stem -diameter 

 4 feet. Likes rocky places in rich forests. Wood lighter than that of 

 the Black Walnut, durable and free from attacks of insects. 



Juglans nigra, L.* 



Black Walnut tree. Attains a height of 70 feet ; trunk 4 feet in dia- 

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

 brown, turning dark with age, strong, tougb, not liable to warp or to 

 split ; not attacked by insects. Seed more oily than the European 

 Walnut; 



Juglans regia, L* 



The ordinary Walnut tree of Europe, but of Central Asiatic origin ; 

 it attains a height of fully 80 feet, and lives many centuries. Wood 

 light and tough, much sought for gunstocks, furniture and other things. 

 The shells of the nut yield black pigment, Trees of choice quality of 



