WHENCE COMES THE APPLE-TREE? 65 



lean family, which has yielded little cultivated material ; the 

 East-Asian family, abundant in highly ornamental kinds. 

 There are no apple-trees native in the southern hemisphere. 

 The apple-tree, taken in its general sense, has a broad 

 meaning. What may be accomplished by breeding and 

 hybridizing is beyond imagination. 



