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XIX.—FRUITS IN" THEIR SEASON. '
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( 120 )
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Xix.—Fruits In" Their Season. '
XIX . —FRUITS IN" THEIR SEASON . '
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¦ - - A _» VI . DATA . _RESPECTING DATES . The mild breath of spring has ere it will now be begun to time kindle a before light
s u f mmer blossom ' s warmer s on our smile boug shall hs , but have ripened the some flowers yet into fruit ; and while awaiting her coming we are glad to avail ourselves of
the any dessert fructal can variety hardl afforde fail d sometimes by the produce to include of other a treasure lands , from and th the us y
Eastwhich introduces us to a class of vegetation altogether different from , our own . The fruits -which have been hitherto under conclimhave at least
siderationif not all the _growth of our own e , yet ( with nuts the ) been , sole excep all the tion produc of th e of cocoa trees -nut formed , g lanced on at the in same the article model
as on those which daily meet our eye and appeal to our most casual observation- Alike in city _squareor suburban park or g _* arden , or
in and rural if we orchard traverse , copse the , whole or grove land , suc , and h t scale rees surroun each wooded d us ever mountain ywhere ' s , other arboreal form
s appears tance ght , or than it pierce ascends this each one b / y forest type continuall , ' with s remotest tapering y throwing dejpth stem , no it , diminishing off to form antlered its subwith coat of
branches with endless ramifications , all covered "a separable woven of the bark exo reticulations gens , and , or clothed outivard ; for with g these rowers leaves are , of the the veined distinguishing temperate with their a zone network characteristics , which wood of derive inter the
this fruit outside - name bearing of , that from p forme lants their d belong the constantl previous , from y develop year the . ing lordl To this y walnut class new all -tree to European the on to the
dant humble ward n climbing ative gooseberry specimens vine - . bush The of , a from grasses mini the ature and creep kind cereal ing of s strawberry endogenous offer us indeed growth abun up - - ; to all forth arboreal
but endogen it needs , a tree the towering ardor of upwards a tropical to its sky loftiest c height , unbranched an , mit and . therefor in a fountain e unlessened -burst of in magnitude green spray , , and its terminating long downward at its curvin extre g -
leaves y marked with no intricate network , but simply by parallel veins restricted connected in the interior b by nature — tran as sverse its from name bars extending endogen . Develop , its or inward substance ing its groioer new far in , wood de a notes horizontal y matter —yet y
directiontlie continual internal pressure causes the exterior to become reache dense and unable " and , hard altitude to expand , thoug far in h beyond surrounde _Circumference the d general by , no it _proportions still distinct presses separ upward of abl its e bulkier b till ark it ;
s an brethrenand stands erect in slender stateliness , a exogenous ,
graceful That it and was virg the in nature -like form of palm . -trees to grow in this manner was
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/48/
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