MOUNTAIN M.()\\i:k^ 



The Rowan Tree is famed in \crse and Ic-cnd. but .surely 

 no tenderer poem was ever i)enned in its honour than the 

 old immortal song : 



" O Rowan tree ! O Rowan tree ! thou 'It aye be dear to me : 

 Entwined thou art wi' niony ties o* hame and infancv. 

 Thy leaves were aye the first o' sprin<,^ thy fiowers the simmer's pride; 

 There was nae sic a bonnie tree in a' the countrie side. 



O Rowan tree ! 



" How fair wert thou in simmer time, wi' a' thy clusters white I 

 How rich and gay thy autumn dress, wi' berries red and \)x'v^\\\. \ 

 We sat aneath thy spreading shade ; the bairnies round thee ran : 

 They pu'd thy bonnie berries red, and necklaces they Strang, 



O Rowan tree I " 



SERVICE-BERRY 



A7nela)iLJiit')al III folia. Rose P'amilv 



A shrub three to six feet high, more or less tomentose-pubescent when 

 young, at length glabrate throughout and somewhat glaucous. Leaves : 

 thick, broadly elliptic or orbicular, very obtuse, and often truncate at the 

 apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, coarsely dentate above llie mid- 

 dle. Flowers : white, in short racemes, rather dense ; petals five, oblan- 

 ceolate, cuneate. Fruit: a globose pome, purple with a bloom, sweet. 



This is the low pearly-flowered shrub which grows on the 

 sandy banks and fiats, and which the Indians call Siiskuitooii, 

 for its sweet purple berries form a staple article of food with 

 them during the months of July and August. Ii somewhat 

 resembles the Choke Cherry, but its greenish-while blossoms 

 are laro:er and have long narrow iK'tals ; also its leaves arc 

 oval, with flattened ends, and are \ery coarsely toothed above 

 the middle, whereas those of the Choke Cherry are oblong, 

 pointed, and finely toothed all roimd the edges. The l)ark of 

 the little branches of the Service-berry is reddish, and the 

 young leaves are quite j-jale and downy underneath. 



