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Fraxinus excelsior, L.* 
The ordinary Ash of Europe and West Asia. Height 80 feet, of com¬ 
paratively quick growth, known to attain an age of nearly 200 years. 
Rich soil on forest rivulets or riverbanks suit it best; wood remark¬ 
ably tough and elastic, used for agricultural and other implements, for 
oars, axletrces and many other purposes. Six peculiar kinds of ash 
trees occur in Japan, some also in the Indian Highlands; all might 
be tried here. 
Fraxinus floribunda, Don. 
Nepal Ash, 40 feet high. 
Fraxinus Ornus, L.* 
The Manna Ash of the Mediterranean regions. Height about 30 feet. 
It yields the medicinal manna. 
Fraxinus quadrangulata, Micbx.* 
The Blue Ash of North America. One of the tallest of the Ashes, 70 
feet high, with an excellent timber. 
Fraxinus viridis, Mich. 
The Green Ash of North America. Height 70 feet; wood excellent. 
Gleditschia triacafithos, L. 
The deciduous Honey Locust tree of North America. Height up to 8 
feet. Wood hard, coarse-grained, fissil. Sown closely, this plant forms 
impenetrable, thorny, not readily combustible hedges. An allied Bpecies 
the G. horrida, Willd, iu East Asia. The Water Locust tree of North 
America (Gleditschia monosperma, Walt.), will grow in swamps to 
80 feet. 
Grevillea robusta, Cunningh.* 
Out beautiful Lawntree, indigenous to the subtropical part of East Aus¬ 
tralia, 100 feet high, of rather rapid growth, and resisting drought in 
a remarkable degtee ; hence one of the most eligible trees for desert- 
culture. Our cultivated trees yield now already an ample supply of 
seeds. The wood is valued particularly for staves of casks. 
Guevina Avellana, Molina (Quadria heterophylla. It, & P.) 
The Hazel tree of Chili, growing as far as 30° S. It attains a height of 
30 feet, and yields the Hazel nuts of S. America. 
Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lamark. 
The Chirot. A North American timber and avenue tree, attaining 
a height of 80 feet; allied to Gleditschia, but, as the name implies, 
thornless. The wood is strong, tough, compact, fine-grained, and 
assumes a rosy color. 
Juglans cineiea, L.* 
The Butternut tree of N. America. About 50 feet high ; stern-diameter 
4 feet. Likes rocky places in rich forests. Wood lighter than that of 
the Black Walnut, durable and free from attacks of insects. 
Juglans nigra, L.* 
Black Walnut tree. Attains a height of 70feet; trunk 4 feet in dia¬ 
meter; found in rich forest land in N. America. .Wood purplish 
brown, turning dark with age, strong, tough, not liablo to warp or to 
split; not attacked by insects. Seed more oily than the European 
Walnut. 
Juglana regia, L.* 
The ordinary 'Walnut tree of Europe, but of Central Asiatic origin; 
it attains a height of fully 80 feet, and lives many centuries. Wood 
light and tough, much sought for guustockB, furniture, and other things, 
d'ho shells of the nut yield black pigment. Trees of choice quality of 
