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lata. Seeds of the eight following kinds are annually imported from America
by the London seedsmen, and the plants, in general, come up tolerably true.
This may also be said of some of the varieties of which we iiave only given
the names.
¥ 9. F. a m e r i c a 'n a Willd. The American Ash.
Identification. Willd. Sp., 4. p. 1102.; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 59.
Synonymes. F. iicum in a t.T Lam., Don’s Mill. 4. p. 56., Furslt Sept. 2. p. 9 .; F. discolor Mnhl. ;
white Ash, green Ash, Amer.
Engravings. Miclix. N. Amer. Syl,, 3. t. 118. ; the plate of this snecies in Arb. Brit., 1st ed it.;
and om-Jig.<i. 12-54. and 1255.
1254. F. americàna.
Spec. Char., tÿc. Leaflets 7, petiolate, oblong, acuminate, shining above, quite
entire, glaucous bentíath. Flowers calyculate. {Doris Mill.) A deciduous
tree. Canada to Carolina, in woods.
Height 60 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced in
1723. Flowers greenbsh yellow;
May. Samaras rarely produced.
Variety.
¥ F. fl. 2 latifòlia has broader
leaves than the species.
Hort. Soc. Garden, in 1835.
Early in spring, the leaflets are
covered with a light down, which gradually
disappears, till, at the approach
of summer, they are perfectly smooth,
of a light green colour above, and
whitish beneath. This difference in
the colour of the surfaces of the
leaflets is peculiar to this species ;
and hence it has been named F. discolor.
It is also called the white ash
from the colour of its bark, by which
it is easily distinguished, in America,
from the other sorts indigenous there. .
In Britain, all sorts of American ash ;
arc readily known from F’ráxinus :
excelsior, by their lighter bark, and by
the paler green of their leaves.
Ï 10. F .{ k .) p u b e 's c e n s WaU. The downy Ash.
Identification. Walt. Fl. Car., p. £54. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 9. : Don's Mill *4 u 56
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Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3, t. lly. ; and our fig. 1256.
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125Í). F. (a.) pubéscen"..
Spec. Char., 4c> Leaflets 3—4 pairs, petiolate,
elliplic-ovate, serrated, downy or
tomentose beneath, as well as the petioles
and branches. Flowers calyculate. Racemes
rather compound. Calyx campanulate.
Samara narrow, lanceolate, obtuse,
with a short mucro at tbe a))ex, 2 in.
long. Stamens 2—3—4, {Don's Mill.)
A deciduous tree. North America. Height
so ft. Introducedin 1811. Flowers greenish
yellow ; May.
Though Michaux has described the leaflets
as denticulated, yet in his figure, of which
fg . 1256. is a reduced copy, they are perfectly
entire, as they are for the most part in
the living plants at Messrs. Loddiges.
Varieties.
¥ F. (rt.) p . 2 longifòlia Wilid. Sp. iv.
p. 1103., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i.
p. 9., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; F.
pennsylvânica Maj'sh. ; has the
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, attenu-
ated, somewhat serrated.
¥ F. (fl.) p . 3 latifòlia Willd., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. i. p. 9., has the
leaflets ovate, broad.
¥ F. (fl.) p. 4 subpubescens Pers. Ench. ii. p. 605. Pursh Fl. Amer.
Sept. i. p. 9. ; ? F. subvillòsa Bosc ; has the leaflets petiolate, elliptic-
oblong, acuminated, sharply serrated, downy beneath ; common
petioles glabrous.
The length of the annual shoots, and the spaces between the l)uds, are one
half those of F. americàna ; and the tree is of smaller size, and slower
growth. The leaves are from 12 in. to 15 in. long, downy on the under surface
; and, on insulated trees, this down becomes red on the approach of
autumn, both on the leaves and shoots of that year; whence, probably, tlie
name of red ash. The bark of the trunk is of a deep brown, and the heart-
wood of a brighter red than that of the white ash.
¥ l ì . F. (a .) A'ambucifo'lia Vahl. The
Eu!er-leaved Ash.
Identification. Vahl Fnum., 1. p. .51. ; Pursh Sept.,
1. p. 8. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 54.
Synonymes. F. nigra Moench ; F. crispa Hort. ; the
black Ash, Water Ash, Amer.
Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 122.; and
QUI figs. 1257. and 1208.
Spec. Char., Leaflets 3 pair.s, 3 in. to
4 in. long, acute at both ends, ses.sile,
ovate-lanceolate, serrated, having the
axils of the veins villous beneath. Ÿoung
branches green, beset with black dots.
Buds brown or blue. Flowers like
those of the common ash. {Doris Mill.)
A deciduous tree. Canada to Carolina.
Height 60 ft. to 70 ft. in America ; in
England 30 ft. Introduced in 1800.
Flowers greenish yellow ; May.
Variety.
¥ F. (fl.) s. 2 crispa Lodd. Cat. ed.
1836 has the leaves curled. Lod.
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