54 THE CANADIAN FORESTEIi's 



stove, which hedge is shown in engraving No. 22, p. 48. 

 But instead of standing two feet out of ground, as in the 

 eng. it were better that the cuttings should be driven 

 almost entirely ought of sight. Engraving No. 23, p. 49, 

 shows the white-willow, engraving No. 24, p. 50, shows a 

 branch and leaves of the same, and No. 25 a branch'and 

 leaves of the yellow- willow. 



Sorbus Americana — Mountain-Ash . 



This tree is of small importance to the forester. It is 

 found mixed with a crowd of other species in cool, 



28 — Ulmus Americana — American elm. 



mountainous places. Seldom more than twenty-five feet 

 high, the mountain ash ripens its seed in autumn, 

 seventy- five thousand of which seeds go to the pound. 

 Easily preserved as this is, it were better kept in damp 

 sand ; for when once dry, it germinates with difficulty. 

 The wood of the mountain-ash is hard and compact. 



