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CHAPTER XVII. 



OF THE SERVICE. 



The Cultivated Service, the Wild Service, and the Maple-leaved 

 Service >• tcith their Culture. 



There are three sorts of the Service-tree culti- 

 vated in England, viz. the Cultivated Service, the 

 Wild Service, or Mountain-Ash, and the Maple- 

 leaved Service. The first is a native of the 

 warmer climes of Europe and England ; and the 

 other two also grow wild in different parts of 

 England. 



The Service belongs to the twelfth Class of 

 Linnasus's System, entitled Icosandria Trygynia. 



Of the Cultivated Service, (Sorbus Domestica, Lin,) Eng. 



Bot, t. 350. 



This tree is well worth cultivating, both for 

 its fruit and for ornament. It is beautiful in the 

 month of June when in flower, and the fruit in 

 Autumn has a fine appearance, and grows to a 

 large size if the trees be kept thin, and not 

 overloaden with wood. They may be planted 

 in orchards among other fruit-trees ; for as they 

 flower much later than Apples and Pears, there 

 will be no danger of the farina intermixing with 

 tlieirs. They may also have a place in plantations 



