MOUNTAIN ASH. 



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Varieties. There are several varieties, varying in habit of 

 growth and color of fruit. The following are the ones most 

 commonly planted: 



Pyrus aucuparia pendula. Weeping Mountain Ash. 



A form with pendulous, graceful habit. It 

 grows freely, is hardy and is interesting for 

 variety. It is largely used as a lawn curiosity. 

 Propagated by grafting onto the American or 

 European Mountain Ash. 



Pyrus hybrida. 

 Ash. 



Oakleaf Mountain 



Leaves five to six inches long, lyrate pin- 

 natifid, often pinnate at the base, irregularly 

 and sharply serrate, dark green and glabrous 

 above, pale and densely pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers white, in large conspicuous clusters. 

 Propagated by grafting onto the European or 

 American species. This Mountain Ash forms 

 a very pretty lawn or park tree of upright 

 pyramidal habit, attaining a height of twenty 

 or thirty feet. In hardiness it ranks with the 

 European Mountain Ash. It is said to be a 

 hybrid between Pyrus aria (Sweet Beam Ash, one-third nat- 

 Tree) and Pyrus aucuparia. 



Genus AMEI,ANCHIER. 



A small genus of trees and shrubs with alternate simple 

 leaves, racemose white flowers and edible fruit. 



Amelanchier canadensis. Serviceberry. Juneberry. 

 Servicetree. 



Leaves ovate or oval, pointed, finely serrate, reddish brown, 

 with scattered white hairs when young, becoming dark green 

 above and paler beneath at maturity; stipules early decidu- 

 ous. Flowers appear after the leaves in spreading or drooping 

 racemes; petals thin, pure white, about one-half inch long; 

 calyx much shorter than petals. Fruit one-fourth to one-half 

 inch in diameter; ripens in early summer, dark purple when 



