. ayers readilyyield by mailing, they are separated into long strips, often as thin as a wafer,which are much used in the country in the manufacture of baskets, corn-riddles,and sometimes for the bottoms of chairs. The wood of this variety is moreliable than any other to be disfigured with knobs or wens, which are sometimesof considerable size, and are detached from the body of the tree, and made intotrays or bowls. The wood of these excrescences has the advantage of superiorsolidity, and when carefully polished, exhibits very singu
. ayers readilyyield by mailing, they are separated into long strips, often as thin as a wafer,which are much used in the country in the manufacture of baskets, corn-riddles,and sometimes for the bottoms of chairs. The wood of this variety is moreliable than any other to be disfigured with knobs or wens, which are sometimesof considerable size, and are detached from the body of the tree, and made intotrays or bowls. The wood of these excrescences has the advantage of superiorsolidity, and when carefully polished, exhibits very singular undulations of fibre,and might be profitably employed by cabinet-makers and other manufacturersof fancy work. This sort, like most other kinds of ash, is particularly prolific inpotash. 5. F. A. sAMBOciFOLiA CRi^PA. CHsp-leaved Elder-leaved American Ash, havingcurled leaves. 6. F. A. QUADRANGULATA. Qnodrangular-branched American Ash; Fraxinvsquadrangulata, of ^Iichaux,_Uon, Loudon, and others; Frhie qnadrangidaire, of the Anglo-Americans. This variety, in. Frine bleu^ of the French ; Blue Ashfavourable situations, often attains a height ofsixty or seventy feet, with a diameter of fifteen ortwenty inches. The bark of the trunk cracksand separates into thin plates much in thesame manner as that of the white oak (Quer-ciis alba.) The leaves are from twelve toeighteen inches long, and are composed of fromtwo to four pairs of leaflets, terminated by anodd one. The leaflets are almost sessile, ellip-tic-lanceolate, distinctly toothed, smooth onthe upper surface, and downy beneath. Thebranches are quadrangular; and ihe youngshoots to which the leaves are attached, aredistinguished by four opposite membranes,nearly one third of an inch broad, that are ofa greenish colour, and extend through theirentire length. This character disappears inthe third or fourth year, leaving only the traces of its existence. The flowers,which put forth in May, are succeeded by samaraj that are flat fro
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