. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 418 American Forest Trees seventy or eighty years is reached. Many manufacturers of ash tool handles prefer this species to any other ash, because of its thick, white sapvvood. It is often made into handles for hoes, rakes, shovels, pitch- forks, spades, and snaths for scythes. Makers of vehicles draw liberally upon this wood within its range, as do furniture makers and the manu- facturers of flooring. It is regarded as harder than white ash, and consequently better flooring material. Leathekleaf Ash (Fraxinus velutina) changes its v
. American forest trees, by Henry H. Gibson;. Trees; Timber. 418 American Forest Trees seventy or eighty years is reached. Many manufacturers of ash tool handles prefer this species to any other ash, because of its thick, white sapvvood. It is often made into handles for hoes, rakes, shovels, pitch- forks, spades, and snaths for scythes. Makers of vehicles draw liberally upon this wood within its range, as do furniture makers and the manu- facturers of flooring. It is regarded as harder than white ash, and consequently better flooring material. Leathekleaf Ash (Fraxinus velutina) changes its velvety leaves to a leathery condition, hence the conflict in the meanings of its two names. I elutina means velvet- like. The compound leaves are seldom six inches long, often not three, and they are made up of from three to nine leaflets. The small seeds are equipped with wings. The tree is small and would be without any commercial importance except that it grows in an arid region where any wood is welcome. It is made into ax, hammer, and pick handles, and wagon makers are often glad to get it. It is found among the mountains and canyons of western Texas, in New Mexico, Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California, near the shores of Owen's lake. The largest trees are scarcely forty feet high and eight inches in diameter. The wood is not hard or strong, and is of slow growth. The largest trunks are apt to be hollow. Sapwood is comparatively thick. Berlandier Ash (Fraxinus bcrlandicriana) may not be entitled to a place among native species of the United States. Some suppose it was introduced from Mexico by early Spanish settlers in western Texas. It now grows wild there along Nueces and Blanco rivers where specimens thirty feet high and a foot in diameter are found. Southward in Mexico it is a popular street tree, and trunks reach six or eight feet in diameter. The wood is soft and is used only locally and in very small quan- Please note that these images are
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