. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BOSA^CEiE: PY^RUS. 439 ^ , Spendtila, iSdrbus hybrida pendula Lodd, Cat.^ has the head looscj and the branches somewhat pendulous ; the fruit red. H. S. ^ 4 arh{i^cula Dec, Poir. Suppl, v. p. 144. — Dwai'f. Leaflets glabrous in a measure, obtuse ; the outermost usually co
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BOSA^CEiE: PY^RUS. 439 ^ , Spendtila, iSdrbus hybrida pendula Lodd, Cat.^ has the head looscj and the branches somewhat pendulous ; the fruit red. H. S. ^ 4 arh{i^cula Dec, Poir. Suppl, v. p. 144. — Dwai'f. Leaflets glabrous in a measure, obtuse ; the outermost usually connate. A native of Germany. Perhaps a vai'iety of P. aucuparia. {Dec. Prod.) P. pinnatlfida, according to DeCandolle, is a hybrid between P. inter- media and P. aucuparia. Culture as in P. AWa. It 29. P. AUCUPA^RiA Gcertn, The Fowler's Service Tree, or i(/oMK^«m^s/;. Identification. Gsrtn. Fruct., 2. p. 45. t. 87-; Dec Prod., 2. p. 637.; Don's Will., 2. p. 648. Spnonymes. 56rbus aucupSria Lin. Sp. 683.; J/espilus aucuparia All.; Quicken Tree, Quick Beam* wild Ash, wild Service, Wichen Tree, Rowan Tree, Rowne Tree, Roan Tree, Roddan, Routry Mountain Service, "Witchen, wild Sort), Whichen, Whitten, "Wiggen tree ; Sorbier des Oiseleurs, or Sorbier des Oiseaux, Fr.; Vogel Beerbaum, Ger.; Sorbo salvatico, Ital. Derivation. The Latin name, P. aucup&ria (the Fowler's Pjtus) ; the French names, Sorbier des Oiseleurs (the Bird-catcher's Service), and Sorbier des Oiseaux (the Bird Service) ; and the Ger- man name, Vogel Beerbaum (the Bird's Berry Tree); are all derived from the use made of the berries by bird-catchers, in all countries where the tree grows wild, and from time immemorial, to bait springes with. It is called the Mountain Ash, from its growing on mountains, and the pinnas of its leaves bearing some resemblance to those of the common ash. Witchen, and all its deriv- atives, bear relation to supposed powers of the tree, as a protection against witches and evi
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