FRUITS 



route, we hare been so occupied in the pur- 

 suit of the practical, that as a people we 

 have neglected the cultivation of the sense 

 and lore of beauty. That the whole popu- 

 lation of a city should flock to gardens of 

 cherry blooms, or have feasts at Wistaria 

 time, is something we might possibly dream 

 of, yet cannot comprehend. But success 

 and consequent ease of life, with an ever- 

 increasing class of nature lovers, and of 

 those who appreciate the beauty of simplic- 

 ity, are gradually leavening the multitude; 

 and possibly within a few generations, our 

 people may have the same love for beauty 

 in form and color, in sunlight and shadow, 

 in the bird on the wing, in the dwarf tree as 

 well as the great pine, in the bud and seed 

 pod, as well as in the perfect bloom, which 

 now the Japanese possess in such perfection. 

 Fruit trees are lovely not only when 

 masses of bloom. Can anything be more 

 beautiful than a fine apple tree laden with 

 fruit, or a cherry tree when every twig is 

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