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2. Fraxinus alba. American White AJh. 



This tree grows fometiiues to the height of forty 

 or fifty feet, and to eighteen inches or more in di- 

 ameter. It grows much after the manner of the 

 former, only the leaves are broader, and the feeds 

 narrower. The timber of this is uled much by 

 Wheelwrights, Chaife-makers, &c. for making 

 ihafts, rimming of wheels, &c, 



3^ Fraxinus Nigra. Black AJh. 



This kind grows in moift places, rifing to the 

 height of thirty feet or more, covered with a rough, 

 lightifh coloured bark, and fending out but few 

 branches. The leaves are chiefly produced at the 

 ends of the branches, and are generally compofed 

 of four pair of lobes, and an odd one, which are 

 ftaped like thofe of the other kinds, but are fmall- 

 er and finely fawed on their edges. The feeds or 

 keys are broad and flat, and of equal width their 

 whole length. 



4. Fraxinus pennfylvanica. Pennfylvanian 

 Sharp- keyed Aflo. 



This kind often grows to the height of thirty feet 

 or more, and is generally thick fet with branches 

 towards the top, having leaves much refembling the 

 White Afli. The feeds grow in large panicles, thick 

 fet upon the fides of the branches, near their extre- 

 mities : they are longer and narrower than any of 

 the other kinds, almoft terminating in a point at 

 their bafe. This alfo affords a valuable wood, which 

 is ufed for the fame purpofes as that of the White 



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