126 



THE MOUNTAIN ASH. 



The Mountain Ash is placed by most modern botanists 

 in the same genus with the Apple and Pear, the fruit of 



THE MOUNTAIN ASH. 



which it resembles in conformation. 1 Others assign it a 

 place with the Medlar (Mespilus), or make it and the 



The Siberian Crab (Pyrus baccata) produces fruit which may be 

 considered as a connecting link between the berry of the Mountain 

 Ash and the apple of Pyrus mains, the common Apple-tree. 



