leaves are pinnated, and of a fine dark green ; added to whidh ? 

 they are retained until very late in the season. The trees 

 generally attain to the height of 25 feet, with a fine compact 

 and well formed head ; but its principal beauty is its fruit, 

 which consists of bright red berries, united in very large 

 clusters on the end of almost every branch of the tree, where 

 they remain from the end of summer until winter, and serve 

 to adorn and beautify when nature seems to become naked 

 and cheerless. In very productive years, such is the appear- 

 ance of the tree, when clad with its scarlet fruit, that at a dis- 

 tance it seems as in a blaze. It will thrive on almost any 

 soil, either rich or inferior, moist or dry, and is never af- 

 fected by severity of weather ; it will, therefore, bear an ex- 

 position in the most bleak and exposed situations. From all 

 considerations, this may be considered as one of the first 

 among ornamental trees of medium stature. In some in- 

 stances, trees of this kind have had their bodies partly 

 covered with a flat grey insect, but these may be easily and 

 effectually removed, by the application of soft soap, spread 

 over the body and branches with a common white wash 

 brush; or, if much covered with the insect, the bodies of the 

 trees should be scoured with soap and sand till the bark is 

 freed from them, and manure- dug. in around the. roots, to re- 

 new the vigour of the tree, 



Sorbus americana, or American Mountain Jlsh. -This 

 somewhat resembles the preceding, but its leaves are much 

 larger, and of a paler green ; the berries which compose its 

 clusters are also smaller, added to which, it loses its foliage 

 much sooner, as autumn advances ; the tree is also of less 

 stature than the preceding, and, in gardens, seldom risUjf 

 above 12 or 14 feet, and forming a far less regular top than 

 the foregoing. Its large clusters of bright red fruit are 

 nevertheless beautiful, and although it is not equal to the 

 European, it possesses claims to our attention. 



Sorbus domesticci) or JRuro/iean Service Tree. This is 

 distinguished for producing eatable fruit, which, in some 

 parts of France and Italy, is served up in desserts, for which 

 purpose the tree is there cultivated. It forms a tree of ra- 

 ther larger size than the European Mountain Ash, and is a 

 fine tree for ornament. The young shoots during summer 

 are downy, as if covered with meal, and in winter they are 

 of a purplish colour, with white spots ; the leaves are finely 

 pinnated, and downy on the under surface; both the foliage 

 and white flowers much resemble those of the Mountain 



