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Birch which cast a solemn gloom over the lake 

 below, a few Mountain Ashes joining in a clump, 

 and mixing with them, have a fine effect. In 

 summer, the light green tint of their foliage, and 

 in autumn, the glowing berries which hang 

 clustering upon them, contrast beautifully with 

 the deeper green of the Pines : and, if they are 

 happily blended, and not in too large a propor- 

 tion, they add some of the most picturesque 

 furniture with which the sides of those rugged 

 mountains are invested. 



The Mouu taia Ash [Pyrios aucuparia) is not, as Gilpin 

 supposes, a variety of the Common Ash {Fraxinus excel- 

 sior), but a tree ■which belongs to a different genus, being, 

 in fact, as its generic name Pyrus indicates, a relation of 

 the Pear and the Apple. Its common name has been 

 suggested by the general resemblance borne by its leaves 

 to those of the Ash, and by the fact that it grows in 

 mountainous districts. — Ed. 



After the Oak and Ash, we examine the Elm. 

 The Oak and the Ash have each a distinct 

 character. The massy form of the one, dividing 

 into abrupt, twisting, irregular limbs — yet compact 

 in its foliage — and the easy sweep of the other, 



