black ash

“Lindsay sat on the edge of a luxurious black leather swivel-and-tilt chair and tried the drawers of the massive black ash desk.”

Conferences are Murder

“-- Take of gulver root 1 1-4 pounds; Indian physic 1 1-2 pounds; milk-weed root 1 1-4 pounds; highland big leaf 3-4 of a pound; black ash bark 3-4 of a pound; black walnut bark 1-2 pound; white walnut bark 15 pounds.”

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

“There were lots of different species, as I recall, pretty typical of seepage swamp: black ash and cottonwood, buckthorn, marsh marigold, Virginia creeper, touch-me-not, wood nettle.”

Simon & Schuster: FALSE MERMAID

“Then he looked down across a ten-pace gap of black ash and saw his four Lordkin searching where the brush had burned away.”

Simon & Schuster: Burning Tower