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Ash. There are several varieties differing in the size and 

 shape of the fruit, as well as in the time of their ripening. 



Sorbus hybrida, or Bastard Mountain Ash. This appears 

 to be a hybrid, between the one first described and the 

 Sorbus aria. It is of upright growth, not forming a very 

 spreading head ; the leaves are quite downy, and half pin- 

 nate ; the flowers and fruit are produced in the same man- 

 ner as the preceding. 



Sorbus aria, or White Beam.- This is also called White 

 Leaf. It grows naturally in the colder parts of Europe, and 

 will attain to the height of 20 feet. The leaves are green 

 on the upper and white on the under surface : they are 

 oval, serrated, and about three inches in length ; the branches 

 appear as if powdered with meal, and, in connexion with the 

 foliage of two colours, have a very curious and striking ap- 

 pearance ; the flowers are white, grow in large bunches, 

 having whitish or meally footstalks, and are succeeded by 

 red berries, which ripen in autumn. This, as well as all the 

 foregoing species, will flourish in any common soil, and are 

 trees of easy culture. They are occasionally subject to be 

 injured by the same flat insect as the Mountain Ash, but 

 -soft soap, brushed over the bodies of the trees once every 

 spring, will destroy them. 



Sfiiraa. This genus comprises many shrubs of delicate 

 and beautiful appearance, which are mostly natives of Sibe- 

 ria and North America, viz. 



Sfiirtca hyfiericifolia, or Hyfiericum Leaved. -The leaves 

 of this are very small, and the flowers are exceedingly deli- 

 cate and beautiful : these are white, and produced in the 

 greatest profusion along the branches, forming in many in- 

 stances long wreaths. It attains to the height of about five 

 feet. 



Sfiirxa salicifolia, or Willow Leaved. The flowers of 

 this are also white, and are produced in panicles, more or 

 less diffuse, and are much admired This forms rather a 

 taller shrub than the preceding, and its leaves are also of 

 larger size. 



Sfiir&a ofiulifolia, or Guelder Hose Sjiirtea. This is 

 called by the above title, on account of the resemblance of 

 its flowers to the Single Flowering Guelder Rose, or Snow- 

 ball. It is also called Nine Bark, from its bark pealing off 

 frequently, and discovering an inner one ; the leaves resem- 

 ble those of the Common Currant, except in being of a 

 larger size ; the flowers open in June or July, are small and 



