THE APPLE-TREE. 79 



The Gilliflower is not in the lower end of Kea a bad bearer, 

 but is subject to dreadful depredations from the Tom-tits, who 

 scoop them out before they are ripe. 



These few remarks are not the gleanings from one book, or 

 one year, or one page of memory : but they are the gleanings 

 of many years and many pages regarding a subject fraught 

 with human interest. 



