fringe-tree

The first, the olive family (_Oleaceæ_), besides the olive, contains the lilac and jasmine among cultivated plants, and the various species of ash (_Fraxinus_), and the pretty fringe-tree (_Chionanthus_) (Fig.  122, _A_), often cultivated for its abundant white flowers.

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

And I have had the summer which has brought back the sight of many sweet and longed-for friends - the early oleander, the crêpe-myrtle, the jessamine, the silver bells, the pink mimosa - and I 've listened for the whisper of the snow-white fringe-tree and the rustle of the leaves of the aspen.

My beloved South, Mrs. T. P. O 1914

I felt half jealous that my friend should no longer be Anna Alston, as she stood bowing to the various salutations, graceful as a fringe-tree, whose white tassels wave in the clustering forests.

Recollections of a Southern matron, 1838

P] They are feathered Pecksniffs, to be sure, but then how brightly their breasts, that look rather shabby in the sunlight, shine in a rainy day against the dark green of the fringe-tree!

The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education

In the open air, in the gardens, japonicas grow ten feet high and blossom late in winter; and the "fringe-tree 'and the Lagerstremia Indica dot the lawns with a dense array of blossoms.

The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland 1875