CHAPTER XVffi 



OF THE SERVICE. 



The Cultivated Service, the Wild Service, and the Maple-leaved 

 Service ; with their Culture. 



ThERE are three forts of the Service-tree cultivated in 

 England, viz. the Cultivated Service, the Wild Service, or 

 Mountain-Aih, and the Maple-leaved Service. The firfl is a 

 native of the warmer climes of Europe; and the other two 

 grow wild in different parts of England*. ; 



The Service belongs to the twelfth Oafs of Linnasus's 

 Syftem, entitled Icofandria Trigynia. 



Of the Cultivated Service. 



This tree is well worth cultivating, both for its fruit and 

 for ornament. It is beautiful in the month of June when in 



flower- 



