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near Boston, are of White Ash; and in, Connecticut it is usually preferred 
for wooden bowls. In the District of Maine it is extensively used for staves, 
which are of a quality between those of White and those of Red Oalc, and 
are esteemed the best for containing salted provisions. It is admitted also 
into the lower frame of vessels, but is considered inferior to the Yellow 
Birch and to the heart of the Red Befech. In all the Atlantic States the 
blocks used in ships and the pins for attaching the cordage are of Ash, for 
which purpose the White Ash is employed in the northern and the Red 
Ash in the southern ports. On account of its strength and elasticity, the 
White Ash is esteemed superior to every other wood for oars, and second 
only to the Hickory for hand-spikes. In these forms it is exported to Eng- 
land and to the West Indies. It is also sent to England in planks, and is 
acknowledged by Oddy, in his treatise on European Commerce, to be 
superior in many respects to the Common Ash. 
The White Ash has long been known in Erance, England and Germany, 
where it is propagated with success from the seed and by grafting ; I have 
even remarked that in moist grounds its vegetation is more rapid than that 
of any indigenous species ; its Raves are, at the : same time, less liable to 
injury from the Spanish-fly. Besides the beauty of its foliage, in which it 
surpasses the Common European Ash, it may be recommended for the 
excellence of its wood as a valuable acquisition to the north of Europe. 
PLATE CXYIII. 
A branch with leaves of half the natural size. Fig. 1, Seeds of the natural size. 
[See Nuttall’s Supplement, Yol. 3, p. 64.] 
[The leaves and branches of the White Ash are said to be poisonous to 
serpents, and the leaf to cure their bite. Ho rattle-snakes are found in 
White-Ash swamps. An Ash leaf rubbed upon the swellings caused by 
mosquitoes, removes the itching and soreness immediately. The same 
effect is produced on the poison occasioned by the sting of the bee.] 
