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Apples and pears are of that numerous clafs 
which produces the mofi; pleafant fruit, partly dif- 
tinguiflied by kernels. 
They have alternate leaves, with a fingle tuft 
divided into feveral parts; having five petals of 
flowers, with from twenty to a hundred branches; 
and feveral fmall twigs, all concentrating to give 
thefe trees a mofi; fhowy appearance in full bloom. 
They produce nothing but fuch falutary food as 
a child may fafely eat, and foon know from any 
other, by looking at the trees thus deferibed. 
Pulfe, peas, and beans, bear alternate leaves, 
with a cup of one piece, and an irregular crown of 
various flowers, refembling a butterfly. 
It is on account of fuch a likenefs, that gardeners 
call the upper petal, the ffandard; thofe on the 
fides, wings ; and the lower ones, flankers. The 
latter is fornetimes but a fmgle leaf, and often found 
to be formed by two united petals. 
The fliells frequently grow together, fo as to be 
only feparated with difficulty. 
The willow, filbert, &c. confift of trees or fhrubs, 
which produce alternate leaves fhooting out, or 
concealed in pods ; with male flowers like the 
collet of a ring ; and female ones, feparate by them- 
felves, or united in circles about the fame ftalk that 
generally produces both fexes. 
We have already had occafion to mention that 
clafs of plants which yield fruit like a cone, or a 
fugar- 
