| 单词 | mountain ash |
| 例句 | The elms and chestnuts are long gone, the stately hemlocks and flowery dogwoods are going, and the red spruces, Fraser firs, mountain ashes, and sugar maples may be about to follow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Rowan - also known as mountain ash - is particularly rich in tradition in Cumbria. Ash dieback reaches Cumbria - a county where the tree plays a special part in history and folklore 2012-11-13T10:34:18Z Another friend, who lives in Austria, describes a clear spirit called Vogelbeerbaum schnapps, made from the European mountain ash, or rowan . Your trees could be getting birds tipsy 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Its alternate name of mountain ash has derived from the leaves looking like those of an ash tree. Ash dieback reaches Cumbria - a county where the tree plays a special part in history and folklore 2012-11-13T10:34:18Z The Finnish word for autumn colour is ruska: it’s the time when silver birches turn gold, the forest floor becomes thick with jewel-coloured blueberries and lingonberries, and mountain ash is heavy with scarlet berries. Where to see spectacular autumn colours around the world: our readers’ tips 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The American and European species of mountain ash are primarily northern trees. Your trees could be getting birds tipsy 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The familiar workhorses of the birds’ berry buffet, like Pyracantha and holly, mountain ash and Nandina, are all pretty enough. In the winter garden, these berried treasures feed the birds and the spirit 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z In the understory, wildflowers bloom and bees buzz; blueberries, mountain ash, birch, and other shrubs and small trees thrive. Germany’s trees are dying. A fierce debate has broken out over how to respond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z “We are in the top five national collections for maples, magnolias, oaks, mountain ash, hollies, viburnums and the family Pinaceae — pines, firs, spruces, larches, hemlocks and true cedars.” The war of the weeds at University of Washington Botanic Gardens 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z There’s woody shrubs like green alder and willows and mountain ash, occasional Douglas fir popping up through the shrubs, and then there’s a dense layer of huckleberries. This ecologist has been studying Mount St. Helens since it erupted 40 years ago 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z But properties further into a dense forest of mountain ash trees were “undefendable”. Australia fires: death toll rises and six people missing as PM calls in military 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The bloom is followed by a wave of fruition: blueberries, orange umbels of mountain ash, elderberries, chokecherries, and pine nuts. How Yellowstone became the "most scientifically contested piece of ground in America" 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z It is home to gardens of oaks, mountain ashes, Asiatic maples, metasequoia and larches, as well as the country’s largest public collection of Japanese maples. Not seeing enough fall color? Make a trip to the Washington Park Arboretum. 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z More than 98% of the mountain ash forest in Victoria is no more than 80 years old, and most of those in key catchment areas are less than 80. Melbourne's water supply at risk due to 'collapse' of forests caused by logging 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Huckleberry bushes compete with mountain ash, which bears clusters of bright red berries. Why does this famous protector of trees now want to cut some down? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Moose are eating balsam fir so heavily that it could largely disappear, along with aspen, birch and mountain ash trees — turning a closed-canopy forest into an open spruce savannah. Wolf transplant could reset iconic island study 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z From early October until the rains set in, maples and mountain ash, sourwoods, ginkgos, viburnum and amelanchier turn shades of gold, red, purple and orange. Fall garden clippings: speakers to hear, books to read, colors to see 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Huckleberry, aspen, cottonwood, mountain ash and other shrubs and trees are shedding leaves of red and yellow to carpet the ground with color. October a glorious time for Inland Northwest hikers, bikers 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z You can also just go as far as the first meadows, about half a mile in, which has some mountain ash. Mount Dickerman and 6 other trails to hike right now 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The bear was first observed on Aug. 31 feeding on mountain ash berries near buildings in the Lake McDonald Lodge developed area. Black bear euthanized in Glacier National Park 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z “The pine grosbeak are feeding on those mountain ash berries, but why they are down here this year I have no idea,” Wolcott said recently. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Paul and Detroit, many robins did overwinter that year, because ornamental fruit trees like hawthorns and mountain ash provided a generous food supply. Q&A: Restaurants for Robins 2014-03-24T20:57:09Z The animals live only in mountain ash forests, making their homes hundreds of feet aboveground in the hollows of centuries-old dying and decaying trees. Logging Could Doom Tiny Australian Possum to Extinction, but One Zoo Offers Hope 2012-12-19T01:15:00.257Z Meanwhile, a three-decade study of mountain ash forest in Australia found that more trees were dying in forest fires and were dying at 10 times the usual rate from drought, increasing temperatures and logging. Green Blog: Mighty Old Trees Are Perishing Fast, Study Warns 2012-12-07T22:57:04Z On these slopes there were rhododendrons 5 feet high, mountain ash, birch, willows, spir�as and juniper. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z It’s these morsels of food, mountain ash berries, for which the pine grosbeak has come. TRAVEL: Birders in hot pursuit in cold weather 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z It rests on a basis of granite, covered with a thin coat of earth, through which the rocks occasionally appear, and which affords scanty nutriment to a growth of oak, birch, and mountain ash. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z On the mountain ash the pear becomes earlier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Dogwood boughs are gorgeous as a sunset, and the thick scarlet clusters droop from the mountain ash. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z In the forests the rose bushes had turned a brilliant red, and the mountain ash showed every shade of scarlet and crimson, contrasting well with the shiny dark green leaves of the rhododendron. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Strange that the mountain ash, the rowan tree, should be held in horror by witches. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The handsome foliage and showy flower clusters make the mountain ashes a favorite group of little trees for border shrubberies and other ornamental planting. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z In Ireland the mountain ash, according to a popular belief, was an antidote to charms, and a protective against witchcraft, the evil-eye and disease. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z The mountain ash hangs flamboyant clusters along the road from the field. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z It was a delightful ride through forests of birch, larch, juniper, spruce, silver fir and mountain ash. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z So also the housewife should, before turning the cows out to grass for the summer, tie a switch of mountain ash with a red worsted thread around the cow's tail. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z This trim round-headed species is very neat and conventional compared with its wild cousins, but in the craggy highlands of Scotland and Wales it much resembles our mountain ashes. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The mountain ash, a tree differing generically, I believe, from the common ash, shares also in the mysterious repute. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z These rival in colour and appearance the wealth of red fruit on the rowan trees or mountain ashes. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The berries of the mountain ash, when ripe, are white and very conspicuous. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Moving slowly toward the corrie, he stopped at a mountain ash which over hung a pool. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The common eastern mountain ash reaches thirty feet in height—a slender, pyramidal tree, with spreading branches and delicate leaves of from thirteen to seventeen leaflets. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z It was carefully planted on each side with mountain ashes, on that day in full flower, and was white and hard as though there had been no rain for a long while. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Oh! look at that beautiful mountain ash, isn't it red? Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z On one side of the valley grew rhododendrons of many varieties and mountain ash, and on the other were hoary old junipers with twisted stems. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Even in winter there was ivy to be had, and red-berried holly, and the coral clusters of the mountain ash, and pale chrysanthemums. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The elder-leaved mountain ash overlaps the first species, and is even more daring as a climber. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z There was a mile of sandy track to be waded through, and then came four good miles of hard white highroad between reddening mountain ashes to Meuk. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Pierrot came out of the thicket at this moment, carrying an immense bunch of mountain ash berries. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z In one or two places the mountain ash were just beginning to show traces of colour. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z There are in the garden of my old home two mountain ash trees, thirty-six years of age, each having grown from a sprout that sprang up beside an older tree cut down in 1863. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Most common in cultivation is the European mountain ash called in England the rowan tree. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The pollen, from birch, willow and mountain ash, the most common trees found in Iceland, is buried in different layers of soil combined with volcanic ash. Learning From the Viking Age 2011-01-12T15:19:00Z Brandy is made from the fir, as well as from the berries of mountain ash. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Beyond this was a very fertile plain covered with rhododendrons, juniper, willow and mountain ash. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z There must have been something about the mountain ash tree that he craved. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z One mountain ash of Japan is hardly distinguishable from our western species, and some authorities believe that our two native species are but varieties of the rowan tree of Europe. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The “mountain ash” belongs to a totally different family from the common ash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In front of the main cabin were four graceful mountain ashes, brilliant with scarlet berry clusters. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Between 11,000 and 13,000 feet you ascend through mixed woods of pine, larch, birch and juniper with an undergrowth of rhododendrons and mountain ash. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Our mountain ash trees have told us several facts about the sapsucker:— That he did not come to eat insects. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Neither is it a strictly carnivorous animal, as it feeds largely on the berries of the mountain ash and in seasons when these berries are plentiful, the fisher does not take bait well. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture These big trees of Victoria are called the mountain ash, though why so named we do not understand, as they are not of that family. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands I wish I could put back the mountain ash. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story It was lucky that this steep declivity was planted with mountain ash, to show the way. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. The grounds are wild and irregular, covered mostly with a fine growth of trees, mingled with which the mountain ash was conspicuous with its clusters of berries in royal scarlet. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia At such times the Indian trappers will often use a bunch of mountain ash berries for bait. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The acrid and unwholesome berries, which formerly grew on the mountain ash, have been developed into the sweet and juicy pear. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Vine maple, willow, and mountain ash have sprung up along the streams and the hillsides are covered with huckleberry bushes and a variety of grasses and flowering plants. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park "Do the mountain ash berries belong to my father, too, I wonder?" said Joseph aloud. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. He recovered his footing however by suddenly catching at a mountain ash; but, in so doing, he dislodged a quantity of earth and stones which fell rattling down amongst the party below. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Master Sean took his sorcerer's staff, a five-foot, heavy rod made of the wood of the quicken tree or mountain ash, and touched the inner lid. The Eyes Have It But people who did not know how they came there, called them mountain ash trees. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children Marianna had also brought a quantity of mountain ash with her, and Rosa at once sat down on the doorstep and began to make the wreath. Absolution However, he threw his hook at them, but could not drag the yearlings down to the sea, as they were protected by the virtue in the mountain ash. A Danish Parsonage The trees are hawthorns, ilex, olive, fig, almond, chestnut, mountain ash, hornbeam, or elm, and I thought I saw oak, though it is said that it does not grow in Dalmatia. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia In Iceland there was a pretty superstition to the effect that, when an innocent person was put to death, a sorb or mountain ash would spring over their grave. Byways of Ghost-Land Rows of mountain ash, snow-berry, and hawthorn trees give colour just when colour is most effective, at the time when most flowers are past and gone. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer This is why the mountain ash from that time has been called "Thor's Salvation." Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas There was a mountain ash too, just on the other side of the hedge, upon the fruit of which this keen-eyed Blackbird made up his mind to regale himself at no very distant period. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps The night after he found a mountain ash on a hillside, full of bright red berries, his father said that he seemed much taller than he had been that morning. The Tale of Jolly Robin In the woods the berries of the kinnikinnick grew red, and on the 181 lawn the mountain ash trees stood clothed in holiday attire. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley His second depot of supplies was one of a close group of mountain ashes, which seemed to spring from one root, and were thickly shaded by leaves to the ground. Little Brothers of the Air At once the waters abated, and Thor, seeing a mountain ash over-hanging the river caught at it and pulled himself safely ashore. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas Larch, maple, cherry, and spiraea disappear, leaving willows, juniper, stunted birch, silver fir, mountain ash berberries, currant, honeysuckle, azalea, and many rhododendrons. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty So Jolly visited the mountain ash each day and fairly stuffed himself with the bright red fruit. The Tale of Jolly Robin Rye and mistletoe are considered safeguards against werwolves, as is also a sprig from a mountain ash. Werwolves The rowans are the fruit of the mountain ash, which never are ripe till harvest. The Proverbs of Scotland The best plants to search will be the mountain ash, bilberry, honeysuckle, and bramble, given in their order of merit. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. That which the Sauk held in charge was of mountain ash, made in the usual fashion, the cord being composed of deer sinew, woven as fine and almost as strong as steel wire. Footprints in the Forest They are fond of the berries of the mountain ash, and, in fact, few things come amiss; I believe they do not possess a single good quality except industry.” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 He then arose, and both he and his assistants took up specially prepared switches, cut from a mountain ash, and gripping them tightly in their hands, approached the recumbent form of the werwolf. Werwolves A mountain ash grew out of the bank, and, while the two held to him, he grasped it with his hands. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Here the cinnamon fern grows luxuriantly, while a few swamp maple saplings and mountain ash trees occur at intervals, and afford sufficient food to the moose. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America And he was strong and tough like the mountain ash. The McBrides A Romance of Arran Going to the woods to gather the spicy, fragrant pine boughs and gorgeous armfuls of autumn leaves and scarlet mountain ash berries for decorations was purest pleasure. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore The rosy spiraea, the mountain ash, and the wild currant, are three common shrubs in this area. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' Moreover, he had that physical quality peculiar to the Celt which you might call elasticity, for it is comparable to a mountain ash which bends but does not break. The Black Colonel The fruit grower can protect his interests by planting some choke cherries, mulberries, and mountain ash trees at the edges of his orchard. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Some beautiful wild flowers were also found, and several small young mountain ash trees were carefully dug up and carried home. Three Boys in the Wild North Land In the way of fruit-bearing shade trees he recommends sugar maple, flowering dogwood, white and cockspur thorn, native red mulberry, tupelo, black cherry, choke cherry, and mountain ash. The Bird Study Book His intimate hurtled down the tunnel of mountain ash directly and assented. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story You must therefore watch all the relatives of the pear; namely, the apple, hawthorn, crab, quince, and mountain ash, for any of these trees may harbor the germs. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Note.—In the European mountain ash, P. aucuparia, the leaves have a blunter apex than is usually found in either of the American species, and have a more decided tendency to double serration. Handbook of the Trees of New England A ring made of the mountain ash acted as a talisman. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales It principally makes its habitat on the apple, poplar, hawthorn, lime, maple, and mountain ash, and has been found on the cedar of Lebanon and the laurel. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Why is the mountain ash, or rowan tree, seen growing in almost every garden, when not another tree adorns the landscape or shelters the family dwelling? The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The brilliant scarlet berries of the mountain ash or red thorn mingled with the deep, rich green of feathery asparagus, make a delicious color symphony most appropriate to the season. Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs It is approached by a winding road, embroidered on one side by a shady little grove of fir, larch, stunted oaks, and mountain ash. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway As they went they passed a mountain ash which had berries of enormous size, and the man put one of them into the chariot. Fairies and Folk of Ireland The holm-oak rings amain, Smit with the axe, the pitchy pine falls low, Sharp wedges cleave the beechen core in twain, The mountain ash comes rolling to the plain. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor He was not ignorant of the supposed virtue of the mountain ash as an antidote against witchcraft. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The mountain ash and hawthorn are sometimes used, but both will be expensive and perhaps short-lived. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A small bouquet of red mountain ash berries stood at each side of the fireplace, and these, together with the trimmed posts of the bed, gave the plain old room quite a festive look. Christmas Stories And Legends I found European mountain ash trees last summer in a forest in New Hampshire; the seed must have been carried over two miles as the crow flies. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 The place looks like an earthly paradise; every thing there seems to laugh without restraint, from the creeping rose fastened to the hedge to the tall, princely-looking mountain ash, with its bunches of red berries. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. Crosses made of sprays of mountain ash were worn the same night, and they, the bonfires and May flowers, were reckoned charms against "wizards, witches, enchanters, and mountain hags." Miscellanea The mountain ash berries were beginning to redden, and shone in heavy clusters among the leaves, while here and there a leaf was to be seen turning from red to yellow. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel On one side rose a steep mountain; the other sides were covered with high trees—mostly mountain ash, with thick clusters of white blossoms, and here and there was a group of birches and alders. Jerusalem This tree was the mountain ash, which was ever after held sacred; and when these nations were converted to Christianity, they did not fall away from their belief in the sanctity of the rowan tree. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century The murderer, leaving the body of my brother beside Indian Run, turned his horse, and, at a point just east of the rock where grows the mountain ash, he quitted the road for the mountain-side. Lewis Rand One certainly would have to search in vain to find in the Croisic poem such lines as "Five short days, scarce enough to Bronze the clustered wilding apple, redden ripe the mountain ash." Life of Robert Browning Each tree had its own voice; the pine did not murmur like the aspen nor the poplar like the mountain ash. Invisible Links Its peaks and precipices fell, here by rough, giant steps, here stark and sheer over broad faces of granite, where only weeds and saplings of mountain ash and thorn could find a foothold. The Red Redmaynes Tennant, in his Tour through Scotland, states that farmers placed boughs of the mountain ash in their cow-houses on the second day of May to protect their cows from evil influences. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century A jutting boulder, crowned by a mountain ash, hid the road before him; he turned it and saw the stream, some yards away, flowing over mossed rocks and beneath a dark fringe of laurel. Lewis Rand Here the beautiful stream that made a waterfall within the park came sliding down shelf after shelf of yellowish rock, with pools of deep brown water at intervals, overhung with mountain ash and birch. Lady Connie All the leaves of the forest were there: small, light yellow birch leaves, red speckled mountain ash, the elm's dry, dark-brown leaves, the aspen's tough light red, and the willow's yellow green. Invisible Links A mountain ash was bright red behind the hurdle fences, and all the trees wherever one looked were ruddy or golden. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories One of the most charming features of the chaparral is the mountain ash, especially when the berries are ripe and red. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter He retraced the river road to a point beyond the rock and the mountain ash, and there left it. Lewis Rand Round the cabin stood half a dozen mountain ashes, as the rowans, inimical to witches, are there called. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 She stood under the red mountain ashes and laughed at him. Invisible Links Yet the distant mountain ash In the vale below, With our favorite berries red Now begins to glow. Russian Lyrics The mountain ash is the only one that has berries," replied his governess, "and the bloom is in clusters of white flowers. Among the Trees at Elmridge And then carefully and cautiously he let himself down, clinging with his hands to a stout twig of mountain ash that bent and swayed across the crevice with his weight. His Big Opportunity Plucked the seed of the mountain ash in front of the agency dwelling, and planted it on the face of the cliff behind the house. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers One certainly would have to search in vain to find in the Croisic poem such lines as "Five short days, scarce enough to Bronze the clustered wilding apple, redden ripe the mountain ash." Life of Robert Browning Let the water flow all over the flower, and drift with the current until thou comest to a mountain ash tree on the left bank. The Blue Fairy Book There are several species--the white, red, black and mountain ash. Among the Trees at Elmridge This fern-like leaf is from mountain ash, and when it attains a few years' growth it will flame with colour all winter in big clusters of scarlet berries. The Harvester This tree is found in occasional groups extensively in the region of the upper Lake latitudes, where it is called the mountain ash. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers What meant the giving of the crucifix, of the garlic, of the wild rose, of the mountain ash? Dracula The current carried them down the stream, but nowhere could he see the mountain ash. The Blue Fairy Book The yawning earth rebellows to her call, Pale ghosts ascend, and mountain ashes fall. The Aeneid English He put in scarlet berries of mountain ash and long twining sprays of yellow and red bitter-sweet berries, for her room. The Harvester In the hollows a few white birches trembled, or a mountain ash lit its scarlet clusters; but only a scant growth of pines darkened the granite ledges. Summer She led the way abruptly to a turf circle which ended the birch walk and from which sprang, in turn, a walk of larch, a walk of Lebanon cedars, and one of mountain ash. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Further on were the red, bare trunks of pines, and then again a stretch of mixed copse, overgrown with underwood of hazelnut, mountain ash, and bramble, and stout, vigorous weeds. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Loud axes thro' the groaning groves resound; Oak, mountain ash, and poplar spread the ground; First fall from high; and some the trunks receive In loaden wains; with wedges some they cleave. The Aeneid English Fruit handsomer than that of the mountain ash and more persistent; small tree. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The road is set on either side by young trees, service berry and mountain ash, or granite pillars almost the height of a man. The Roof of France A chaffinch actually did chirp in response from a mountain ash near. A Desperate Character and Other Stories And when the autumn comes The bright red berries of the mountain ash, With firs enough in winter to look green, And show that something lives. Poems, 1799 A mountain ash, perfectly red with great clusters of berries, shot out from a little hollow between two ledges, and overhung the place where Mr. Sharp had found foothold. The Old Homestead But every outline was sinking fast into the gulf of the night; only a few indistinct masses—a cluster of gorse-bushes, a clump of mountain ash—still showed here and there. The History of David Grieve Here we turned up a little glen with a small burn or brook whimpering and dashing along it, making an occasional waterfall, and overhung in some places with mountain ash and weeping birch. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey I asked him if he'd ever got stringy-bark palings or shingles out of mountain ash, and he smiled a smile that did my heart good to see, and said he had. While the Billy Boils The banks of the ravine are enclosed in a belt of every imaginable forest shrub,—wild cherry, mountain ash, raspberry, blueberry, interspersed here and there with superb specimens of oak, spruce, fir and pine. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Over this featureless wilderness we progressed day after day, each stopping-place marked by a few aspen trees mixed up with a few others that look very much like mountain ash but are not. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Such browns and pinks among the withering ling; such gleaming greens among the bilberry leaf; such reds among the turning ferns; such fiery touches on the mountain ashes overhanging the Red Brook! The History of David Grieve Birch and mountain ash grow happily up to 6,000 feet on sheltered slopes but after 6,000 feet there are no deciduous trees, except the tiny creeping willows buried deep under the snow. Ski-running The gardens which he now saw had some pretty bushes, but no fruit trees or lindens or chestnut trees—only mountain ash and birch. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Dwarf oak, cedars, and the mountain ash, are grouped in a hundred different ways among them; each clump you look upon is lovelier than its neighbour; I never saw so sweetly wild a spot. Domestic Manners of the Americans Occasionally when the dairymaid churned for a long time without making butter, she would stir the cream with a twig of mountain ash, and beat the cow with another, thus breaking the witch's spell. The Folk-lore of Plants On the lawn stood a graceful mountain ash, and beneath it were two figures. Barriers Burned Away The higher part is full of a growth of beautiful ling, in delicate purple spikes, almost as tall as the hazel and mountain ash are allowed to grow. John Keble's Parishes There you'll find juniper bushes, mountain ash, and a few large, fine oaks. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Her forehead was free from all harshness, broad and intelligent, her beautiful smiling lips of the colour of the berries of the mountain ash, her teeth a shower of lustrous pearls. The Coming of Cuculain In Iceland it is commonly said that when innocent persons are put to death the sorb or mountain ash will spring up over their graves. The Folk-lore of Plants The significance of the mountain ash is "Grandeur." Barriers Burned Away He also liked the bitter berries of the mountain ash, which, along with the soft balsam and spruce pitch which he licked with his tongue now and then, were good medicine for him. Baree, Son of Kazan No wonder that the insipid little berries. related to apples, pears, and other luscious fruits, should share with a cousin, the mountain ash, or rowan, the reproachful name of dogberry. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors I had a stent of cording wood that day and finished it before two o'clock Then I got my pole of mountain ash, made hook and line ready, dug some worms and went fishing. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The crowd had moved away from Rodion's hut, and was coming along the street towards the mountain ash. The Witch and other stories Those days there were a goodly show of trees on either side of that thoroughfare—elms, with here and there a willow, a sumach or a mountain ash. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country |
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