. Fraxitius americana,THE AMERICAN ASH-TREE. Synonymes. Frazinus amencana, Frene dAmerique, Frene blanc,Amerikanische Esche,Frassino americano,American Ash,White Ash, Green Ash, WiLLDEXow, Lianoei Species Plantarum. MicHAUx, North American Sylva. , Arboretum Britannicum. France. Germany. Italy. Britain. Anglo-America. Derivations. This species is called Frene blanc, or White Ash, from the superior whiteness of its wood, over every otheispecies of the genus. Etturaviti^s. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 113 ; Loudon, Arbore
. Fraxitius americana,THE AMERICAN ASH-TREE. Synonymes. Frazinus amencana, Frene dAmerique, Frene blanc,Amerikanische Esche,Frassino americano,American Ash,White Ash, Green Ash, WiLLDEXow, Lianoei Species Plantarum. MicHAUx, North American Sylva. , Arboretum Britannicum. France. Germany. Italy. Britain. Anglo-America. Derivations. This species is called Frene blanc, or White Ash, from the superior whiteness of its wood, over every otheispecies of the genus. Etturaviti^s. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 113 ; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii., fig. 1055, and vi., pi. 209; andthe figures below. Specific Characters. Leaflets 7, petiolate, oblong, acuminate, shining above, quite entire, glaucous calyculate.—Don, Milkr^s Description. HE Fraxinus ameri-cana, from the quali-ties of its wood, the_.*Z^i^ rapidity of its growth,and the beauty of its foliage, is one of the mostinteresting among American trees. In favour-able situations, it sometimes attains the heightof eighty feet, with a trunk three feet in diam-eter, and often is undivided for more than halfof its length. The bark is deeply furrowed, withthe ridges crossing each other in such a man-ner, as to give the spaces between, the shapeof a lozenge, or what is usually called diamondform. When grown in an open field or lawn,the branches diverge from the central stem, ina double curve, like those of a chandelier, di-minishing in length, with great regularity asthey proceed upwards. The twigs are thick,and do not taper to a point, but end abruptly, in spring, bud. The shoots of the first two years growth are of a bluish-gray colour, andare perfectly smooth. The buds, which are intensely bitter, are large and broad,and are of a pale
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