THE ROMANCE OF OUR TREES 



emphasizing the ancient character of the cult, its re- 

 mote and crude beginnings, it is obvious that the end 

 is not yet. Even as we now enjoy fruits in greater 

 variety and of a quality superior to those of the 

 Roman period, so also will the fruits of the future 

 assuredly be better and of greater variety than those 

 of to-day. 



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