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Things to Know and Do 395 the silvery under sides of the leaves; these are 8 to 12 inches long; each leaflet 3 to 5 inches long. Mississippi Vall^ and east to Atlantic. Black 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, tough, soft, coarse, heavy. A cubic foot weighs 39 lbs. Soon rots next to the ground. Late in the spring to leaf, and early to shed in the fall. The leaves are 12 to 16 inches long; its leaflets, except the last, have no stalk. they number 7 to 1 1 , are 2 to 6 inches long. Nova Scotia to Manitoba and south to Virginia. Book! RMommeoded TsEES OF THE NoKTHBXN Unred STATES, Austio C. Apgar. Price, $1.00, American Book Co. The Forester's Manual, or Forest trees of Eastern North AinerKS;ja fully illustrated Manual with map showing range of each sptck*. By Ernest Thompson Seton, published hy Doubleday, Page & Our Native Trees, by Harriet L. Keeler, 1900. Charles ScrQ»ers Sons, New York City. Pnce, fa.