OREGON Asu. Ill 



have their favorite haunts and holidays; wild beasts of the 



lonely forest desert their accustomed ranges, when no coveted 

 mast is on the trees, long ere the usual harvest arrives; the 

 sun, moon, and stars, and all the hosts of heaven, have their 

 times and seasons ; indeed, all nature, from Alpha to Omega, 

 from which laws the wise will ere long listen and learn. 

 The great dial plates of the heavens and the earth, both point 

 and signify, calling and echoing each unto the other — celestial 

 and ethereal, air, earth, and ocean — the sweet music of the 

 spheres. Thrice blessed the hearts that feel, eyes that see, 

 ears that hear, and they who understand. 



The Oregon Ash, noted for nothing ill, time would fail to 

 detail all the good uses in its way in the world. The wood 

 is white, easily worked when green, tough, light, very elastic, 

 strong, lasting, famous fuel, excellent ashes, best smoke for 

 hams and herrings; serves the armorer, soldier, and archer, 

 coach and carriage-maker, cooper and cabinet-maker, ship 

 and wheelwright, machinist and farmer, and if there be any 

 other use indicated in the arts, trades, and manufactures, we 

 ask their pardon for the omission, for this species equals 

 nearly all human emergencies. Have known its use for 

 rheumatic and other pains — leaves rubbed on swellings 

 caused by bites of mosquitoes, serpents, and stings of bees ; 

 to remove pains, itching soreness, etc., affords instant relief; 

 antidote to the Lamb-kill (Kalmia augustifolia). Why the 

 English and foreigners should prefer it for tanning, in certain 

 cases, we do not kndw, but presume there is some good reason. 



Found in rich moist bottom lands, along stream banks and 

 marsh borders, from Fresno (Ash) County, along Coast Range 

 north throughout Oregon, and to a great degree, California. 



