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GREEN ASH. 
Fraxinus juglandifolia. Linn. 
Fraxinus viridis.* F. folds septenis, dentatis, petiolaiis, viridibus ; ramulis 
petiolisque glabris. 
The Green Ash is more common in the western districts of Pennsyl- 
vania, Maryland and Virginia than in any other part of the United States; 
but even here it is less multiplied than the White Ash and the Black Ash. 
Dr. Muhlenberg has particularly observed it on the islands of the Susque- 
hanna near Columbia, and I have found it most abundant on the banks of 
the Monongahèla and the Ohio, between Brownsville and Wheeling. 
Probably this species is of moderate dimensions, for I have seen it laden 
with seeds while only 25 or 35 feet high, and 4 or 5 inches in diameter. 
The Green Ash is easily recognised by the brilliant color of its young 
shoots and of its leaves, of which the two surfaces are nearly alike. Prom 
this uniformity, which is rarely observed in the foliage of trees, Dr. 
Muhlenberg has given the species the name of Fraxinus concolor, and, for 
the same reason, as it has received no popular specific name, I have called 
it Green Ash. 
The leaves vary in length from 6 to 15 inches, according to the vigor of 
the tree and to the coolness of the soil, and are composed of 3, 4 or 5 pair 
pair of petiolated, oval-acuminate and distinctly denticulated leaflets, sur- 
mounted by an odd one. The seeds are only half as large as those of the 
White Ash, but are similar in form. The wood of the Green Ash is dis- 
tinguished by jthe same properties with that of the preceding species ; but 
as the others are common in the same regions, and are so much superior in 
size ; it is only accidentally employed. 
This species has been multiplied in France from seeds sent home by my 
father in 1785. It supports the inclemency of our winter, and is esteemed 
[*Fraxinus juglandifolia. Lam. The Walnut-leaved Ash.] 
