. An encyclopædia of gardening; . in gin or whiskey it greatly improves these spirits, and is only surpassed by an infusion of peach-leaves. A few trees therefore are desirable, especially in Scotland and Ireland. 4767. The mountain-ash is the Sorbus Aucuparia, L. Pyrus Aucuparia, E. B. {Eng. Bot. 337.) Jcos. Di-Pent. L. and Rosacece, J. The berries are eaten in some parts of Scotland and Wales, and afford anagreeable fermented liquor, and, by distillation, a strong spirit. Grafted on the service-tree, as is fre-quently done in France, the fruit is said to become larger and more abundant. {Nei
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . in gin or whiskey it greatly improves these spirits, and is only surpassed by an infusion of peach-leaves. A few trees therefore are desirable, especially in Scotland and Ireland. 4767. The mountain-ash is the Sorbus Aucuparia, L. Pyrus Aucuparia, E. B. {Eng. Bot. 337.) Jcos. Di-Pent. L. and Rosacece, J. The berries are eaten in some parts of Scotland and Wales, and afford anagreeable fermented liquor, and, by distillation, a strong spirit. Grafted on the service-tree, as is fre-quently done in France, the fruit is said to become larger and more abundant. {Neill, in Hort. Tour,SG^) 47C8. The wild service {Pyrus torminalis, W.) {Eng. Bot. 298.) {fig. 499.), the bastard service {P. pin-natifida, E. B.) {Eng. Bot. 2331.) {fig. 50O.), and tlie whitetxam-tree {P. Aria) {Eng. Bot. 1858.), affordagreeable mealy berries, with much less acid than those of the mountain-ash. These trees are mostornamental in shrubberies or on lawns ; and the two last are not undeserving a place in orchards. 499.
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