. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. 84 ■ /: ■..■■■■■■, ■, ■ ;■.. iVa#. 0/y/. Oleaceae. Genus Fraodnus, Tourn . Linn. Syst. PolygamiaDioecia. Fraxinus Excelsior, ASH. Fraxinus excelsior. Linn. sp. pi. 1509. Smiths Eng. Flor. i. p. 14. Hook. Sect. iii. Dons Mill. iv. p. 53. Loudons Arb. Brit, part m. ch. lxxv. p. 1215. COMMON ASH. 85 The Ash, whether considered in reference to the valuablequalities of its wood, or the claim it has to the title ofa noble and ornamental forest-tree, must always form aprominent feature in a British Sylva. In point o

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. A history of British forest-trees, indigenous and introduced. 84 ■ /: ■..■■■■■■, ■, ■ ;■.. iVa#. 0/y/. Oleaceae. Genus Fraodnus, Tourn . Linn. Syst. PolygamiaDioecia. Fraxinus Excelsior, ASH. Fraxinus excelsior. Linn. sp. pi. 1509. Smiths Eng. Flor. i. p. 14. Hook. Sect. iii. Dons Mill. iv. p. 53. Loudons Arb. Brit, part m. ch. lxxv. p. 1215. COMMON ASH. 85 The Ash, whether considered in reference to the valuablequalities of its wood, or the claim it has to the title ofa noble and ornamental forest-tree, must always form aprominent feature in a British Sylva. In point of magni-tude it ranks as a tree of the first class, and though itmay yield in circumference and vastness of trunk to someof our ancient oaks, yet this,—the Venus, as it has beencalled, of the forest,—frequently towers in height above theHerculean monarch of the woods. Of the dimensionsof the most celebrated trees of this species an extensivelist is given in the Arboretum Britannicum,1 containingnot only those extracted from the most authentic authors,such as Lauders Gilpin, Stratus Sylva Brita

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