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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
[Fig. 33. The Weeping Ash.] 
The Flowering ash, ( Fraxinus Ornus*) is a small tree, of 
about 20 feet, growing plentifully in the south of Europe, and 
is also found sparingly in this country. Its chief beauty lies 
in the beautiful clusters of pale or greenish- white flowers, 
borne on the terminal branches in May and June. The fo- 
liage and general appearance of the tree, are much like those 
of the common ash ; but when in blossom, it resembles a 
good deal the Carolina Fringe tree. In Italy, a gummy 
substance called manna, exudes from the bark, which is used 
in medicine. 
The Lime or Linden Tree. Tilia. 
Nat. Ord. Tilacese. Lin. Syst. Polyandria, Monogynia. 
This tree, or rather the American sort, is well known 
* Ornus Europceus of Persoon, and the European botanists. Beck remarks that 
the American kind is so litle known, that it is difficult to determine whether it is 
a different species, or only a mere variety of the European 
