316 TREES OF MINNESOTA. 



Rocky Mountains to Alaska and northeastern Asia. In Minne- 

 sota it is common northward extending south to Lake Itasca 

 and rarely found farther south. 



Propagation. Same as recommended for American Mountain 

 Ash. 



Properties of wood. Practically the same as American Moun- 

 tain Ash. 



Uses. The large and brilliant fruit of the Elderleaf Moun- 

 tain Ash makes it the handsomest of all Mountain Ashes, and 

 as it is very hardy it is a desirable lawn tree. Like all the 

 Mountain Ashes it is likely to sunscald on , the trunk when 

 grown singly and the trunk left unprotected, and will do best 

 if several sprouts are encouraged to grow from the trunk as 

 recommended for the American Mountain Ash. 



Pyrus aucuparia. European Mountain Ash. 



Leaves odd-pinnate, softer and more graceful than those of 

 Pyrus americana; leaflets thirteen to fifteen, ovate, generally 

 blunt pointed, lower surfaces and stalks downy, at length 

 glabrous. Flowers in May or June followed by large red ber- 

 ries (one-half inch in diameter) which hold on into the winter, 

 There are varieties with yellow and orange fruit. Tree of fair 

 size, often thirty feet high, much more graceful than the Ameri- 

 can Mountain Ash. 



Distribution. Europe and Asia. 



Propagation and properties of wood. About the same as the 

 American Mountain Ash. 



Uses. The European Mountain Ash is a good, small orna- 

 mental tree of graceful 

 habit, conspicuous for its 

 numerous large clusters 

 of white flowers in May 

 or June and for its 

 bright red and orange 

 fruit in autumn and win- 

 ter. It is about as hardy 

 as the American Moun- 

 tain Ash, but of more 

 rapid growth. It should 



Figure 59- Weeping Mountain Ash. be treated in the SamC 



way. 



