. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. bU» FRAXINUS Hort. With dark green, sbining foliage. Var. panndaa, Hort. Similar to the former, but Ivs. larger and nar- rower. 10. veliJtlna, Torr. (F. pistackefdUa,Ton.}. Tree, to 40 ft., with velvety pubescent, rarely glabrous branches: Ifts. 5-9, sometimes reduced
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. bU» FRAXINUS Hort. With dark green, sbining foliage. Var. panndaa, Hort. Similar to the former, but Ivs. larger and nar- rower. 10. veliJtlna, Torr. (F. pistackefdUa,Ton.}. Tree, to 40 ft., with velvety pubescent, rarely glabrous branches: Ifts. 5-9, sometimes reduced to 3 or even 1, short- stalked, oval to lanceolate, entire or remotely serrate, yellowish green, firm and thick at maturity, pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath, 2—1 in. long : fr. spatulate, with raarginless body. Texas to Arizona and N. Mexico. 6 hardy North. 11. Oregdna, Nutt. Tree, to80 ft.: petioles sometimes glabrous at length : Ifts. 7-9, almost sessile or short- stalked, oblong or elliptic, acuminate, entire or ob- scurely and remotely serrate, light green, 2^-6 in. long, thick and firm at maturity : fr. oblong-obovate, with de- current wing, about 1)^ in. long. Wash, to Calif. S. S. 12. Caroliniina, Lam. (F. platycdrpa, Michx.). Water Ash. Tree, to 40 ft., with pubescent or gla- brous branches : Ifts. fi-T, ^Talked, nvate or oblong, acuminate, serrate, run-ly iiitiic pnhi-scent or gla- brous beneath, 2-5 in. li-iiir: u-. ]-_' in. lung, with pin- nately veined wing, ofti-ii :t-wiiiL.'.Ml. Virginia to Fla., west to Arkansas and Texas. .S.!5. 13:274-75. BB. Fls. without calyx (ordij No. 13 has a deciduous minute calyx): anthers cordate, rarely hroadly oblong: Ifts. generally more than 7, nearly gla- brous. {Subgenus Fraxinustcr.) 0, Branches 4-angled and itsually winged. 13. quadranffulita, Michx. Blue Ash. Tree, to 80, rarely 120ft.: Ifts. 7-11, short-stalked, ovate to lanceo- late, acuminate, sharply serrate, yellowish green on both sides, 3-5 in. long
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