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^ragarta UCSCa. Natural Ordek: Rosacece — Rose Family. 



\ ER welcome to our tables, the Sti 

 mobt abundant and best known i 



ibei'i 



•y is one ot the earliest. 



fruits, and requires but 



little description or commentary. We ha\e many \arieties 



ot this plant growiny wild in meadows and on the hillsides 



thioughout the United States and British America. The 



Alpine or English Strawberry is found chiefly in cultivation. 



Iiuit IS conical, scarlet, and fragrant, and gleams brightly amidst 



Its tuple k i\es. \\'e are indebted to this order of plants for a great 



\ uiet\ ol oui fruits, nanieh', the peach, pear, apricot, apple and cherry, 



as well as the blackberry and various raspberries. The Strawberry is 



peculiai, in having its seeds on the outside of the fruit, instead of 



being suiiounded by the pulp. 



'T*HY puriKjse firm is eqiKil to the dct 

 Who does the best his circumstance 



;insels could 



illow 

 lo more. 



TJOWE'ER it be. it seems to me 

 'Tis oiilv noble to be <;ood; 



Kind h. 



s are more than coronets, 

 nple laitb than Norman blood. 



T^HE words which thou h 



'^ .\re of thy soul a part; 



.\nd the good seed thou ha; 



Is springing in my heart 



scatter'd 

 — WhiUicr. 



H' 



E was too good to be 

 Where ill men were; and was best of all 

 .\mongst the r;u"est ol good onc-^. Shaf^f-f^f-inf. 



qPHEN preach'd the bumble .Strawberry. Behold 



The lowliest and least adorn'd of flowers 

 Lies at thy feet; yet lift my leafy fold, 



And fruit is there unfound in gaudier bowers. 



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So plain be thou and nice 



.\nd when \ ain man shall 



L'nveil the blooming tr\iit of 



M\ heart 

 t, the perfect shape. 



(^»;\3 — Mj-i^ 



