THE APPLE TREE. 



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THE YOUXG LEAVES. 



to the ground bv their burden ot truit. Foliage and flowers are tor 

 the most part produced on short, stout, knobbed twigs encircled bv rings 

 set close together and coloured a dull dark grev. The lighter grey of 

 the trunks is varied in places bv the tints of lichen or moss. The out- 

 line ot the tree mav be roughlv represented bv a hemisphere, tor the 

 branches spread laterallv to a distance equal to the height ot the tree. 



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