. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. AMERICAN OR SMALL-FRUITED MOUNTAIN-ASH, Sorhus Americana Marsh.^. Fig. 277. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit; branchlet in winter. 278. Trunk, northern New York. 279. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Handbook of Trees of the Northekx States Axn Taxada. !39 The American Mountain-Ash is a slendertree rareiy more than 30 or 40 ft. in heightor than 12 in. in diameter of trunk, and oftenreduced to a shrub. When away from theinfluence of other trees it develops .a rathernarrow rounde
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. AMERICAN OR SMALL-FRUITED MOUNTAIN-ASH, Sorhus Americana Marsh.^. Fig. 277. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit; branchlet in winter. 278. Trunk, northern New York. 279. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. Handbook of Trees of the Northekx States Axn Taxada. !39 The American Mountain-Ash is a slendertree rareiy more than 30 or 40 ft. in heightor than 12 in. in diameter of trunk, and oftenreduced to a shrub. When away from theinfluence of other trees it develops .a rathernarrow rounded top of slender branches andstout branchlets. It is one of the most beautiful trees of ournorthern forests, as is attested by the fact thatit is more abundantly than any other tree,excepting the following species, transplantedfrom the forests to the door yards of countryhomes for ornamental purposes, where itshandsome foliage is a constant delight. Thelarge bunches of small white flowers whichterminate its branchlets in early summer addgreatly to its beauty and offer abundant nectarto the searching bees. In autumn, when theflowers of summer are succeeded by its am
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