. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. 92 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING being found in great bunches and as long as six inches. Its fruit is a long, thin, brownish pod, which is sweet and contains little hght brown beans. The wood is strong and durable. 45. The Ash. Every boy who has owned a rowboat knows that oars are made of wood from the ash. This is because the oar must be elastic as well as strong, and the timber of the ash tree sup- plies these two qualities. The ash is one of our tallest and noblest forest trees. It is rather slim in build, with beautiful clean shiny green foliage. The mem
. Elementary woodworking. Woodwork; Trees. 92 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING being found in great bunches and as long as six inches. Its fruit is a long, thin, brownish pod, which is sweet and contains little hght brown beans. The wood is strong and durable. 45. The Ash. Every boy who has owned a rowboat knows that oars are made of wood from the ash. This is because the oar must be elastic as well as strong, and the timber of the ash tree sup- plies these two qualities. The ash is one of our tallest and noblest forest trees. It is rather slim in build, with beautiful clean shiny green foliage. The members of this group seem to be fond of colors, and we have the white ash, red ash, green ash, blue ash, and black ash. There are slight dif- Tig. 102. Red Ash f ereuces in the leaves and seeds, but, as in other trees, when we have once seen an ash seed we can always thereafter distinguish an ash tree. Fig. 102 shows the seed of the red ash. It is a winged seed, with the seed part inclosed by the wing. The compound leaf of the white ash has from five to seven leaflets and the black ash has from seven to. 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 Foster, Edwin W. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn & company
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