THE ROWAN, OR MOUNTAIN ASH 



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stalk, may be 

 r o u n d o r pear- 

 shaped. They are 

 green, or reddish, 

 with brown spots ; 

 are ahnost as hirge 

 as crab-apples, and 

 have a like de- 



pression 

 base. 



at the 



THE ROWAN, OR 

 MOUNTAIN ASH 



We have here 

 one of the hardiest 

 and most adapt- 

 able of our trees. 

 Its natural prefer- 

 ence is for the 

 wild moorland, but 

 it penetrates into 

 the fastnesses of 

 the mountains, ami 

 is found in Scot- 

 land at an eleva- 

 tion of 2,600 feet 

 above sea level. 







iKUNK AND BAKK OF WILD SKKVlCb. 



Yet it can frater- 

 nise with tho Alder 

 in the water 

 meadows, and 

 flourishes in thou- 

 sands of suburban 

 gardens. It is 

 seen at its best, at 

 all seasons, in the 

 neighbourhood of 

 the Pines, or up- 

 standing with the 

 Birches among the 

 It r a c k e n and 

 heather. It is 

 ne\'er more than a 

 small tree, and its 

 branches ascend in 

 rather loose order. 

 The moderate 

 quantity of 

 feathery foliage 

 carried by the 

 branches give it an 

 easy grace, an airy 

 lightness. 



The bark, which 





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TRUNK AND BAKK OF KOWAN. 



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TRUNK AND BAKK OF HAWTHORN. 



