WILD SERVICE-TREE. 



Pyrus torminalis. 



This species differs from the last in ha^dng its 

 dark, glossy leaves lobed very like those of the 

 Maple, whence it is sometimes called " Maple- 

 Service." The fruit, which is brown and dotted 

 when ripe, and not much larger than that of the 

 Hawthorn, begins to decay when the frost has 

 touched it, and is then agreeably acid and whole- 

 some. Its geographical distribution is nearly the 

 same with the White-Beam ; but it is not found 



