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cherry, strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry. The 

 family also ornaments onr orchards and gardens with 

 the most beautiful and fragrant blossoms from early 

 spring till the end of summer. It includes all the 

 wild roses, such as the sweet brier and the Rosa Car- 

 olina, all cultivated roses, the flowering raspberry, 

 the spiraeas, and many other plants. 



' ' The largest trees in this family are the pear, apple, 

 cherry, the wild sugar pear, and the mountain ash. 

 The apple tree does not grow tall, but spreads out 

 very broad. The trunk is thick and short. The 

 branches are long, and they grow out horizontally 

 from the trunk. The tree is very easy to climb, and 

 it makes a beautiful sight when it is in full bloom, 

 and again when the apples are ripening. 



" The blossom is a beautiful color of light pink and 

 white. Just under the five petals there are five green 

 sepals, and five small bracts under them. The flower 

 has twenty stamens and all its parts but the calyx 

 drop off in a few days, but the sepals always remain, 

 and may be seen on the end of the apple opposite the 

 stem. In the apple there are five carpels, or seed- 

 boxes, and two seeds in each." Edith. 



