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it for bows next to yew, and that the wheel- 

 wrights praise it for being all heart. 



It is a native of cold mountains, and grows 

 naturally on Mount Libanus, and also in 

 Siberia, as well as in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, 

 and the northern parts of England, where it 

 becomes a considerable-sized timber-tree. 



This highly ornamental tree is raised from 

 seed, and it will grow upon almost any soil, 

 either strong or light, moist or dry. Its 

 situation in the pleasure ground should be 

 between the tallest flowering shrubs and the 

 forest trees. We have already noticed the 

 colour and time of its flowering as a guide to 

 what neighbour the planter should give it ; 

 but it is in the latter part of the summer 

 that it makes the greatest figure, when loaded 

 with its showy bunches of fruit, that have a 

 delightful effect in the shrubbery, when there 

 are but few shrubs in flower, and just before 

 the trees change their summer tints for their 

 autumnal hues. 



The fruit of the mountain service is so 

 tempting to the thrush and blackbird, that it 

 is sure to attract these sweet warblers to the 

 grove where it grows. 



" Sanguineisque inculta rubent Qviaria baccis" Vjrgil. 

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