CAROLINIAN ASH. 
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of the rattle-snake ; we may be allowed, however, to doubt its efficacy till 
it is attested by enlightened physicians. 
My father first described the Blue Ash in his Flora Boreali- Americana, 
and from the seeds which he sent home have sprung the beautiful stocks 
that are now growing in Europe : but they are still too young to yield 
fruit, and they are propagated by grafting upon the Common Ash. 
The various uses to which the wood of the Blue Ash is appropriated in 
America, should induce the Europeans to multiply it in their forests, till 
they are enabled to appreciate its comparative value. 
PLATE CXXXII. 
A branch, with leaves of half the natural size. Fig. 1, Seeds of the natural 
size. 
CAROLINIAN ASH. 
Fhaxinus tlaticarpa. F. foliolis petiolatis, ovalibus, serratis ; capsulis lato 
lanceolatis. 
This species of Ash, which is very distinctly characterised by the form 
of its leaves and seeds, is confined to the Southern States. It abounds 
particularly on the river Cape Fear, in North Carolina, and upon the 
Ashley and the Cooper, in South Carolina. As it has received no specific 
name from the inhabitant I have given it that of Carolinian Ash. 
The marshy borders of eeks and rivers, and all places exposed to long 
inundations, are congenial ) this Ash, which delights in more abundant 
moisture than the other species. Its vegetation is beautiful, but its stature 
rarely exceeds 30 feet, and it fructifies at half this height. In the spring 
the lower side of the leaves and young shoots is covered with thick down, 
