. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the JSToetherit States and Canada. 401 The beautiful Fringe-tree rarely attains a greater size than 25 or 30 ft. in height and 8 to 10 in. in diameter of trunk, and is often a shrub sending vip several stout spreading stems from a common base. When isolated it develops a low rounded or oblong top of tortu- ous branches. It inhabits rich moist soil of sheltered ravines and the banks of streams, and is a tree of singular beauty in May and June, when its light gre
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the JSToetherit States and Canada. 401 The beautiful Fringe-tree rarely attains a greater size than 25 or 30 ft. in height and 8 to 10 in. in diameter of trunk, and is often a shrub sending vip several stout spreading stems from a common base. When isolated it develops a low rounded or oblong top of tortu- ous branches. It inhabits rich moist soil of sheltered ravines and the banks of streams, and is a tree of singular beauty in May and June, when its light green foliage is inter- spersed with numerous tassel-like or fringe-like flowers of snowy whiteness, very different from the flowers of all other trees. There are several names by which the tree is known, as Old Man's Beard, Grandfather Graybeard, Sunfloicer Tree, Snow-flower Tree, Flowering Ash, etc., all alluding to its singular flowers. On account of these and its handsome foliage it is popular as an ornamental shade- tree throughout eastern United States and Europe, and proves hardy considerably north of its native range. The wood is moderately light, a cubic foot when absolutely dr^' weighing lbs., hard and close-grained, though of no commericial importance. The bark is used in medicine as a tonic, aperient and diuretic. Leaves oblong or sometimes ovate or obovate. 4-8 in. long, cuneate at base, mostly acute or acuminate at apex, entire, when tbey unfold glabrous above, velvety pubescent beneath, at ma- turity dark-green above, paler and glabrous except on the conspicuous arcuate veins beneath. Flowers (), delicate, fragrant, in slender drooping panicles with sessile leaf-like persistent bracts; petals 1 in. long, white, purple-spotted within at base. Fruit ripe in September, %-% in. long, dark blue with glaucous bloom and thin pulp' 1. For genus see p. ; Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digital
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