AN APPLE FLOWER. 



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SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING FEA- 

 TURES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Our first duty will be to find out what a 

 flower is, and to do this* we must pull one 

 to pieces and see of what it is composed. 



Fig. 34. 



Let us pick a cluster of flowers from an 

 apple-tree. The first thing that attracts our 

 attention in this cluster is the beautiful 

 color, the delicate blush or pure white of the 

 flowers. The first glance may discover no 

 other parts in the flowers than these showy 

 "leaves." A closer look will reveal five 



