. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. OLIVE FAMILY reseinijlc each otlirr. lim tlir Kcl .\sli In general appearance the Red and the Wliitc Ash strongly li is (louiiy on branch- let and luaf and pdioic while the White .\sh is in tin; main smooth. Its spivillc name pnnisxivaiiica em- phasizes tlic la< t liiat it is a tree of the Norlli Atlantic states and orows best east of the Alleghany Monn' tains. It approaches the JJIack Ash in its i)reference for rich, low, moist soils, tile banks of streams and t
. Our native trees and how to identify them [microform] : a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees; Arbres. OLIVE FAMILY reseinijlc each otlirr. lim tlir Kcl .\sli In general appearance the Red and the Wliitc Ash strongly li is (louiiy on branch- let and luaf and pdioic while the White .\sh is in tin; main smooth. Its spivillc name pnnisxivaiiica em- phasizes tlic la< t liiat it is a tree of the Norlli Atlantic states and orows best east of the Alleghany Monn' tains. It approaches the JJIack Ash in its i)reference for rich, low, moist soils, tile banks of streams and the shores of lakes, but unlike it, will , grow in dry localities. The wood is not so valuable as that of the White Ash, being brittle instead of elastic. 'I'he Crcen Ash, F. lanccolata, ^vhich is now considered a variety of the Red Ash, may be distinguished from it bv its dark and lustrous foliage, by the smoothness of its leaves and. of Red Asli, Fraxiiiui pciin\\lvaiih\i. er d branchlets and the bright green both of the upper and lowe surface of the leaves. Jn New England there are marke chflerences, but west of the Mississippi the two are connected by intermediate forms which blend them together. The Green Ash is reconnnended for p-ul- streets and shelter belts in the western states, largelv be, se of its'abil- ity to flourish in regions of small and uncertain rainfall BLUE ASH J''rd\iitits qiiadraiv^itlhta. A tall slender tree, sometimes one hundred and twenty feet in height with a trunk two or three feet in diameter, usuallv muci, small- er. Native of the Mississippi valley, nowhere very abundant, prefers hme-stone soils. ' *I4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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