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THE MOUNTAIN ASH. 



pearance, if not for utility. Its flowers are tlien 

 succeeded by numerous bunches of coral-red ber- 

 ries^ wliicli^ until devoured by the Thrusli and 



FRUIT OF THE MOUNTAIN ASH. 



Storm-cock, or scattered by the equinoctial gales, 

 infallibly distinguish it from every other tenant 

 either of the wood or the park. In the Scot- 

 tish Highlands, on some rocky mountain covered 



