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the fruits that foUoT/ them. Neither must we for- 

 get that With all the good thinga they give Us, 

 they are also great preparers of prussic acid, and 

 that bitter almonds^ peach kernels, and even apple 

 pips, contain it in abilndaaicei True BoSaceans, 

 however, are less given to this manufacture, and 



Tio. 35.— Compound Leaf of Eose. 



oflFer us astringencyin its place. Many members of 

 the rose tribe, like the rose itself (Fig. 35), have 

 compound leaves. 



Group No. 3, in our hand, greets uS With the 

 Very different aspect of the hemlock tribe (Fig. 30). 

 We find, on examination, the bond of tinion in the 

 attachment of the petals and stamens, but almost 



