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■^rawfeerry and bramble beside tliose of tHe apple 

 oi« vdld rose, you are ■pi<bbably quite thrown out. 

 'The strawberry and the bramble (Fig. 28, 29) bear 

 '.their pistils relatively to the • other parts of the 

 •blossom, in accordance with yoiir previous expe- 

 rience of plant arrangeinentsj but the rose and 

 the apple seem to put their calyx and other parts 

 right on the top <of thp pistil, or at least of the 

 seed-vessel. We ,are too joung in our lessons to 

 consider this subject here; suffice it that the 

 difference is more apparent than real. It is, 

 however, sufficient difference ,to cause divisions 

 in the great class of thp Rosaceous plants ; some 

 claiming to be the true ;Stock, or Rosese, whilst 

 others, including our friends the apples and pears, 

 rank as the Pome tribe, and a third set take 

 their places with the cherries and plums. Neverr 

 theless, divided or not, .the Rosacese are a most 

 excellent family, and are not one whit behind the 

 pod-bearers in the amount of good things they pre- 

 pare for us. The queen of flowers herself heads the 

 procession, and though her train includes many a 

 sweet blossom, the great forfe of her tribe lies in 

 the fruits-j— strawberries and raspberries, apple and 

 pear, almond, and plum, and peach all belong to 

 the clan of Queen Rose'j and eiven. these must be 

 .ushered in with flowers, for truly the blushing 

 apple-blossom and the ;snowy clusters of pear und 

 cherry abloom would be, thought,, more of but for 



