Jrcuinus vtlUCl'icaiUI. Natural Order: Oleacecz—Olive Family. 
^^||b r EAUTIFUL is the ash, one of the most dignified denizens of 
the forest, rising to a height of from thirty to forty feet with- 
F out branching, and then crowning itself with large, dense and 
handsome foliage to an extent fully equal to the growth of 
jpg* its stately trunk. It delights in moist locations, as the banks 
of rivers and marshes, and does not thrive well in barren or 
bleak situations. Its timber is elastic, light, tough and durable, 
and is much used by car-builders, carriage-makers, wheelwrights and 
ship-builders, as well as in the manufacture of agricultural implements. 
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TT7ITH goddess-like demeanor forth she went- 
** Not unattended, for on her as a queen 
A pomp of winning graces waited still, 
And from about her shot darts of desire 
Into all eyes to wish her still in sight. 
:— Milton. 
"ITTHAT is grandeur? Not the sheen 
' * Of silken robes; no, nor the mien 
And haughty eye 
Of old nobility— 
The foolish that is not, but has been. 
The noblest trophies of mankind 
Are the conquests of the mind. 
— Sir A. Hunt. 
1\ If ARK her majestic fabric! She’s a temple 
Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; 
Her soul’s the deity that lodges there; 
Nor is the pile unworthy of the god. —Dryden. 
TTTHAT winning graces, what majestic mien! 
* * She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. 
— Pope. 
T WAS born with greatness; 
I’ve honors, titles, power, here within: 
All vain external greatness I contemn. 
— Crown. 
T KNOW an ash 
Named Ygg-drasill; 
A stately tree, 
With white dust strewed. 
rhence come the dews 
rhat wet the dales. 
:t stands aye green 
D’er Urda’s well. 
— Henderson’s Iceland. A 
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