. Science of plant life, a high school botany treating of the plant and its relation to the environment. Botany. Seed Plants: Angiosperms 309 seen on a stalk of corn. The flowers are borne on spikelets surrounded by green bracts. The grasses reach their greatest size in the bamboos. These have long been one of the chief sources of lumber in eastern Asia and the East Indies. From the bamboos come the materials for the native houses, furniture, and a large number of articles of household use. In subtropical America these plants are being used as windbreaks for the pineapple fields and citrus orc
. Science of plant life, a high school botany treating of the plant and its relation to the environment. Botany. Seed Plants: Angiosperms 309 seen on a stalk of corn. The flowers are borne on spikelets surrounded by green bracts. The grasses reach their greatest size in the bamboos. These have long been one of the chief sources of lumber in eastern Asia and the East Indies. From the bamboos come the materials for the native houses, furniture, and a large number of articles of household use. In subtropical America these plants are being used as windbreaks for the pineapple fields and citrus orchards. Sugar cane and sorghum are members of the grass family that are cultivated for their sugar. The former is the source of the sugar that is produced in our Gulf Coast region and in the tropics. Sorghum is grown farther north and is used for the manufacture of molasses. Broom com is closely re- lated to sorghvmi, and is grown for the stiff branches of the flower cluster, which are used in the manufacture of brooms. Bureau of AgricuUurCy P. I. Fig. 182. Japanese cane, a near relative of the sugar cane, grown as a fodder crop in the 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 Transeau, Edgar Nelson, 1875-1960. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , World Book Co.
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