OLEACE2E.
Olea Americana. Devil-wood; American Olive. South ern States. This is a small evergreen tree, with thick, leathery leaves, and small, white, fragrant flower& it is related to the of the eastern world, hut its fruit has no value. It is impossible to split, and hence the vulgar name of Devil-w od.
Chionan hue Virginica. Fringe-tree. Middle and Southern States.
Froxsnus Americana. White Ash. Eastern United Stet R. A large and valuable tree ranging over the eastern portion of the United States. The wood is tough and elastic, and much employed in various manufactures. It to a handsome and ornamental tree.
F. pabeacena, H.d Ash. Eastern United States, A smaller tree than the preceding, i.erhapa more common. The wood is said to be equally as valuable as that of the White Ash.
P. etridie. Green- Ash. Western States. A middle sized t ee, of vigorous and rapid growth, and the wood has the same (mantles as 1 he precedine.
F. eambacifolia Black Ash. Northern and Western States A lar e tree, usually growing in moist soil, and heuee often called Swamp Sigh. The wood is more elastic than that of any other species. It splits easily into thin, narrow strips, which are used for making baskets and hoop. for bag refs.
F. quadrangulata. • Blue Ash. Western States. This species is not fund in the Atlantic States. It is found from to Wisconsin a d eouthwio d to Kentucky and Tennessee. It is a large tree, growing from sixty to seventy feet high, ic ith a diameter of two feet or more.
The wo .d is quite es valuable as that of the White Ash, and is said to ne conch more durable when exposed to the weather; hence its value for fence-rails, posts, etc.
F. platycarpa. Carolina Water Ash. Southern States. This species grows iu swamps or marshy banks of rivers. It is usually tweuty-live or thirty feet high, but sometimes becomes a 1 rge tree. The wood is remarkably light and soft, and probably has no economic value.
Carlini. Southern States. Mr. Curtiss found at Eufaula, Ala., a large Ash with remarkably small fruit. This species is provisionally called F. Curtissi. Itrequires further investigation.
F. Oregon. Oregon Ash. California and Oregon. The common ash of the Pacific coast. It grows sixty to seventy feet high. Is of equal value with the White Ash of the Eastern States.
F. (Spada. California Flowering Ash. California and Oregon.
Ir piatacurfolia. Texas and westward.
F. anomala. Single-leaf Ash. Utah and Arizona. This ash is seldom more than a shrub ten to fifteen feet I ugh, growing in ravines among the foot-hills of southern Utah and Arizona. The leaves are simple, not pinnate, as in the other species.
F.coriacea. Thickneaved Ash. Utah and Arizona. A smallish tree, with thick, leathery leaves, growing in southern Utah and Arizona.
Plareetiera acumtnala. Southwestern States. A large shrub or small tree, of no economic value.
F. ligustrina, Southern States.