FRUIT. 



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LESSON XXXIX. 



FRUIT GRASSES GARDEN AND FIELD 



VEGETABLES. 



GOD in his bounty, when providing seed-vessels 

 for many vegetables, covered them with rich pulpy 

 and nourishing matter. This we call fruit, and it 

 is of the utmost value to us as food, and in many 

 instances as medicine. 



We cannot turn, indeed, to any portion of the 

 three kingdoms of nature, without finding some- 

 thing to remind us of the goodness and bounty of 

 our universal Father. The bud or the leaf of a 

 plant is as full of instruction as the form and struc- 

 ture of the elephant, or of the mighty whale. 



The apple, the pear, the plum, the cherry, the 

 peach, the apricot, the gooseberry, the currant, the 

 raspberry, the strawberry, and others, grow abun- 

 dantly in our country. In warmer climates, the 



