174 SYLVAN WINTER. 



spray of tlie wild species, the well-known ' Crab 

 Apple,' whose fruit, though sour to the taste, is 

 beautiful to the eye ; and whose form is full of 



Crab Apple. 



interest and picturesqueness. The art of the 

 gardener has transformed the descendants of this 

 forest inhabitant into a thousand forms of utility. 



