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. 
Propertics 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 iree. 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 propertics 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. Itis about as hardy 
as the American Moun- 
tain Ash, but of more 
rapid growth. It should 
be treated in the same 
way. 
Figure 59. Weeping Mountain Ash. 
