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I'ULIT 



w'c arc sliown a collection of delicious 

 apples, pears, grapes, jx^aches and 

 cherries, we form a very appreciative 

 opinion of the use and function of fruit, 

 hut that opinion is somewhat modified 

 when we are shown a basket of po])p)'-hcads, 

 acorns, the lis^ht downy seeds of the thistle, the 

 small dry carpels of the buttercup or the winged 

 fruits of the maple. We usuall\' ccjnnect the term 

 fruit with some luscious ])roduct of the \'iner\- or 

 kitchen-garden, and we ma\- include as such the 

 brightly - coloured berries of the hawthorn and 

 wild rose, which are so conspicuous on trees and 

 hedges in autumn ; but if we examine the subject 



