pe as 
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SAS HE strawberry is a mem- 
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SA ‘ber of the -great Rose 
family. Among its many 
cousins we find the blackberry 
and the raspberry. 
The blackberry blossom 
(Fig. 245) also has five white 
oP leaves, and a center made up 
i : of pistils and stamens. 
ene 
Wee When its white flower 
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A) Hy, Mt 
aw mbgOr°%mees—~\ leaves fall, and its empty 
ye Mie dust boxes wither, we see the 
i ( “blackberry begin to take the 
place of the blossom, just as 
we saw the strawberry take the 
place of the strawberry blossom 
(Fig. 246). | 
But now we are about to 
discover the’ way in which the 
blackberry differs from the 
strawberry. 
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