396 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
it delights to grow in exposed mountainous 
districts; and hence its name. 
Its flowers are white and five-petalled, are 
borne on cymes, are very abundant, and produce 
berries, which, though first green in colour, are, 
when the autumnal ripening is perfected, of a 
brilliant coral red. They are greedily eaten by 
birds, and sometimes, in Scotland, where the 
Tree abounds in its largest size, are made into an 
edible jelly. In Wales, a kind of perry—the 
Mountain Ash, be it remembered, is closely allied 
to the Pear Tree—is manufactured from the 
berries, whilst their use for the manufacture of 
‘bird-lime’ has given to Pyrus aucuparia the 
name of the ‘ Birdcatcher’s Service Tree.’ 
Its small size prevents this graceful and beau- 
tiful Tree from making much timber. But its 
wood is valuable nevertheless for its fine grain, 
and for its adaptability for manufacture into 
tasteful articles for which the qualities of hard- 
ness and susceptibility of polish are desirable. 
For an ornamental Tree Pyrus aucuparia has 
great qualifications. It can be easily raised from 
seed,—though the seed will not appear above 
