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THE CHERRY. 



it is often particularly striking, contrasting ex- 

 quisitely (especially when kindled into a brighter 

 blaze by the straggling rays of the sun) with the 

 dull grey of the rocks among which it has taken 

 its station, and the rich brown of the river which 

 it overhangs. 



FRUIT OF THE WILD CHERRY. 



There are several varieties of the tree even in 

 the wild state; but modern botanists are of opi-. 

 nion that these may all be reduced to two spe- 

 cies, the Black and Red-fruited. 



