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Things to Know and Do 313 the sQvery under sides of the leaves; these are 8 to 12 inches long; each leaflet 3 to 5 inches long. Mississippi Valley and east to Atlantic. Block Ash, Hoop Ash, or Water Ash {Fraxinus nigra) A tall forest tree of swampy places; 70, 80, or rarely 100 feet high. Wood dark brown, toi^h, soft, coarse, heavy. A cubic foot weighs 39 lbs. Soon rots next to the ground. Late in the spring to &d, and early to shed in the fall. The leaves are 1 2 to 16 inches long; its leaflets, except the last, have no stalk, they number 7 to 1 1 , are 3 to 6 inches long. Nova Scotia to Manitobui and souib to Virginia. Books Recommeaded Trees op Ihe Northern Untted States, Austin C. Apgar. Price, %i .00, American Book Co. The Forester's Manual, or Forest trees of Eastern North America, a fully illustrated Manual with map showing ratige of each species. By Emest Thompson Seton, published by Doubleday, Page & Co., net, $.50. Our Native Trees, by Harriet L. Keeler, iqq^, Clu(riea Scribner's Sons, New York aty. Pnce,$*.oo.