The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Ear and Plant of Rice. inhabitants of China, and of the greater part ofIndia. As it will grow only in land that can beoccasionally covered with water, and as marshy 60 CORN-PLANTS. situations are unfavourable to health, the poorlabourer who cultivates the rice-grounds general!}leads a life of suffering, and sinks to an earlygrave. Artificial means are resorted to in manyplantations in order that the rice may be com-pletely flooded, and the water is generally left onthe plant for ten days af
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Ear and Plant of Rice. inhabitants of China, and of the greater part ofIndia. As it will grow only in land that can beoccasionally covered with water, and as marshy 60 CORN-PLANTS. situations are unfavourable to health, the poorlabourer who cultivates the rice-grounds general!}leads a life of suffering, and sinks to an earlygrave. Artificial means are resorted to in manyplantations in order that the rice may be com-pletely flooded, and the water is generally left onthe plant for ten days after the grain is set. In India and China rice is dressed in variousways, but in England it is little used except forpuddings, and as one of the ingredients of mixeddishes. Bread made from it soon becomes hardand dry. When eaten occasionally, or mingled with otherfood, rice may be considered nutritious; but it isindeed a poor diet when depended upon solelyfor subsistence. It is, when growing, a tall grass,and has awns upon it like the barley. Its leavesare very firm and rigid. Millet is a grass produ
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