. The essentials of botany. Botany. 278 BOTANY. 555. The Gamopetalse are of higher value as food-fur- nishers, supplying us with the Potato, Tomato, Sweet- potato, Artichokes, Olives, Huckleberries, Cranberries, Coffee. Of timber, the Catalpa, Ebony, and Ash are the more important of those in common use. 556. The Choripetalse contain more plants which supplj us with food than either of the preceding. Thus we have from these Parsnips, Carrots, Cucumbers, Melons, Squashes, Pumpkins, Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Blackberries,. Fio. 156.—Flower-cluster of the Pear (Pirns communis). Raspberries, Pl
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 278 BOTANY. 555. The Gamopetalse are of higher value as food-fur- nishers, supplying us with the Potato, Tomato, Sweet- potato, Artichokes, Olives, Huckleberries, Cranberries, Coffee. Of timber, the Catalpa, Ebony, and Ash are the more important of those in common use. 556. The Choripetalse contain more plants which supplj us with food than either of the preceding. Thus we have from these Parsnips, Carrots, Cucumbers, Melons, Squashes, Pumpkins, Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Blackberries,. Fio. 156.—Flower-cluster of the Pear (Pirns communis). Raspberries, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, Beans, Peas, Grapes, Cabbage, Turnips, Radishes, and Tea. From this group we get flax and cotton, two of the most important fibres in the world. The timber-trees of most importance are the Maples and the Lindens, the Magnolias and the Tulip- trees. 557. The two drugs of greatest value medicinally, viz., opium and quinine, are furnished respectively by the Choripetalse and Gamopetalse. For the ideutification of the species of phanerogams of this country the student may profitably use Asa Gray's "Miiniial of the Botany of the Northern United States" or A. W. Chapman's "Flora of the Southern States,". Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York, Holt
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