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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



OAK^LEAVED MOUNTAIN 

 ASH. 



The growing taste for 

 ornamental trees is a very 

 gratifying indication of 

 the desire of our people 

 to make their homes at- 

 tractive. The time and 

 money expended in plant- 

 ing beautiful trees and 

 shrubs around our rural 

 dwellings, is repaid four- 

 fold in the increased value 

 of the property if one 

 should ever wish to sell 

 it, and a hundredfold in 

 the added pleasure, and 

 comfort too, of those who 

 occupy them. 



In our climate it is of 

 the first importance that 

 the trees we plant should 

 be of a hardy character, 

 that they may be able to 

 endure the extremes of 

 both heat and cold to -.^f;w 

 which they must be sub- ^^0^'^ 

 jected. The Mountain 'y''^i,„ 

 Ash is of such a charac- ''^f[!^^£ 

 ter, not only the Ameri- 

 can but also the Euro- 

 pean species ; indeed, so 

 far as we are acquainted 

 with them, all the varie- 

 ties of the Mountain Ash 

 are exceedingly hardy, and 

 well adapted for planting 

 in all parts of Ontario. 



The Oak-leaved variety 

 makes a very pretty, com- 

 pact, medium-sized tree, 

 quite suitable for places of moderate 

 dimensions. The accompanying en- 

 graving shows its usual style of 

 growth. It presents at all times a 

 pleasing appearance, but especially in 

 autumn, in common with both the 

 American and European species, when 

 laden with its clusters of bright scarlet 



OAK-LEAVED MOUNTAIN ASH. 



berries. It is usually propagated by 

 budding on the European or American 

 Mountain Ash, but can also be suc- 

 cessfully worked by grafting upon the 

 apple. 



There is also a dwarf and a weeping 

 Mountain Ash, both of which make 

 handsome lawn trees. 



