88 



MOUNTAIN SERVICE. — MOUNTAIN 

 ASH, or QUICKEN TREE. — SORBUS 

 AUCUPARIA. 



Natural order, Pomacece. Rosacea, Juss. 

 genus of the Icosandria Trigynia class. 



" Where shrubs and fruits their mingled sweets exhale, 

 Or flowers, or trees, whose branches proudly bend, 

 Their different bloom, their different race extend ; 

 Through them what interest do your fields present ! 

 Observe their varied colours, form, and bent." 



Delille. 



This elegant tree seems designed by nature 

 as an ornament to our mountainous planta- 

 tions of fir and pine, whose dark and fixed 

 foliage contrast so decidedly with the light 

 green tint of these long pinnated leaves, 

 which are seen to move with additional grace 

 when placed in the foreground of sombre 

 trees* It is in this natural situation that the 

 large corymbs or umbelliferous clusters of 

 white flowers are so conspicuously beautiful 

 in the month of May, when each branch is 

 terminated by these bouquets of pearly blos- 

 soms. But it is in the months of August and 



g 2 



