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FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



would not be alone in the appreciation of this crab 

 apple. One morning I approached and stood beside 

 it, drawn by an unaccountable musical hum which I 

 had heard no less than seventy feet away. Wonder 

 of wonders! I saw ten thousand golden bees busily 

 engaged gathering honey from the countless blossoms, 

 and yet another ten thousand bewilderingly circling 

 over those at work, till the music of 



their hum was like 

 the sub- 

 dued di- 

 apason 

 notes of 



Crab Apple. 



a grand organ. The bees at least do not overesti- 

 mate the value of this tree. The crab apple's leaves 

 are larger than those of most apple trees, and are 

 not infrequently heart-shaped at the base. My 

 drawing was taken from a tree in cultivation, but 



