XXVI. UOSA CE^ : py'rus. 



439 



$ J*. p. S pendula, 5'6rbus hybrida pendula Lodd. Cat., has the head loose, 

 and the branches somewhat pendulous ; the fruit red. H. S. 



P.jo. 4 arbuscula Dec., Poir. Suppl. v. p. 144. Dwarf. Leaflets 

 glabrous in a measure, obtuse ; the outermost usually connate. A 

 native of Germany. Perhaps a variety of P. aucuparia. (Dec. Prod.) 



P. pinnatifida, according to DeCandolle, is a hybrid between P. inter- 

 medis and P. aucuparia. Culture as in P. AYia. 



1 29. P. AUCUPA^RiA Gcertn. The Fowler's ^eT\\ce Tree, or Mountain Ash . 



Identification. Gaertn. Fruct., 2. p. 45. t. 87. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 637. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 648. 



Synony?r)es. S6rbus aucuparia Lin. Sp. 683. ; JV/espilus aucuparia All. ; Quicken Tree, Quick Beam, 

 wild Ash, wild Service, Wichen Tree, Kowan Tree, Kowne Tree, Roan Tree, Roddan, Routry 

 Mountain Service, Witchen, wild Sorb, Whichen, Whitten, Wiggen tree ; Sorbier des Oiseleurs, 

 or Sorbier des Oiseaux, Fr. ; Vogel Beerbaum, Ger. ; Sorbo salvatico, Ital. 



Derivation. The Latin name, P. aucupjiria (the Fowler's Pyrus) ; the French names, Sorbier des 

 Oiseleurs (the Bird-catcher's Service), and Sorbier des Oiseaux (the Bird Service) ; and the Ger- 

 man name, Vogel Beerbaum (the Bird's Berry Tree) ; are all derived from the use made of the 

 berries by bird-catchers, in all countries where the tree grows wild, and from time immemorial, to 

 bait springes with. It is called the Mountain Ash, from its growing on mountains, and the pinnre 

 of its leaves bearing some resemblance to those of the common ash. Witchen, and all its deriv- 

 atives, bear relation to supposed powers of the tree, as a protection against witches and evil 

 spirits. 



Engravings. Gairtr. Fruct., 2. t. 87. ; Eng. Bot.. t. 337. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 

 1st edit., vol. vi. } and onr Jig. 790. 



790. P. aucupiria. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Buds softly tomentose. Leaflets serrated, slightly glabrous. 

 Pomes globose. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. A native of almost every part 

 of Europe. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Flowers white ; May. Fruit red ; 

 ripe in September. 



yarieties. 



i P. a. 2fructu luteo has yellow berries, and is continued by grafting. 



'^ P. a. Sfoliis variegdtk has variegated leaves. 



* P. a. 4!fastigidta has the branches upright and rigidc Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 

 The mountain ash forms an erect-stemmed tree, with an orbicular head* 

 When fully grown, like every other description of Pyrus, it assumes a some- 

 what formal character; but in a young state, its branches are disposed in a 

 niore loose and graceful manner. The tree grows rapidly for the first three 

 or four years ; attaining, in five years, the height of 8 or 9 feet ; after which it 

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