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THE APPLE. 

 PYBUS MALUS. 



THE Apple-tree being an undoubted native of Great 

 Britain, demands to be noticed among our forest trees ; 

 though, from having been so long and so extensively 

 cultivated, it is much better known as a tenant of the 



BLOSSOM OF THE APPLE-TREE. 



orchard than of the forest. Nevertheless, it is frequently 

 to be met with in a perfectly wild state, possessing little 

 or no value for its fruit, but forming in spring, with its 

 rosy and fragrant buds, a beautiful ornament either to the 

 woodland or the hedgerow. 



