. Practical botany. Botany. LEADINfil FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 337. many of the purposes for ^vhicli we employ wood, various fibers, earthenware, and metals. It is almost the only material used in house construction and in bridge building; it is used for fences, water pipes, troughs, jars, mats, baskets, and miscel- laneous household articles. Straw of many kinds of grains is braided into mats, baskets, and hats, and is much used in mak- ing coarse paper; it is also used as a winter food for domestic animals. Enpario, a very tough, coarse grass imported from Spain and the North Af- rican c
. Practical botany. Botany. LEADINfil FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 337. many of the purposes for ^vhicli we employ wood, various fibers, earthenware, and metals. It is almost the only material used in house construction and in bridge building; it is used for fences, water pipes, troughs, jars, mats, baskets, and miscel- laneous household articles. Straw of many kinds of grains is braided into mats, baskets, and hats, and is much used in mak- ing coarse paper; it is also used as a winter food for domestic animals. Enpario, a very tough, coarse grass imported from Spain and the North Af- rican coast, is extensively used in paper-making and for stuffing mattresses. Sugar cane, a very large solid-stemmed grass (Fig. 273), is considerably raised in Louisiana and in some Southern states, and more extensively m the West Indies, Hawaii, and Java. Once it was almost the only source of commercial sugar, and it still furnishes about a third of the world's supply. Its growth and commercial use have been an important factor in tropical industrial life. 3Iendou< and ixmture grasses are highly im- portant to man. The best meadows are usu- ally carefully sown with selected seed, but pastures are generally self-sown with grasses of many kinds. Most of the grasses valuable for haymaking or for pasture grow best in northern climates, with moderate summer temperature and abundant rainfall. This fact makes Fig. 270. Pinnately netted-veined leaf of foxglove Fig. 271. Spike- like panicle of vernal grass (Anthoxanthum) a,mature anthers. Slightly enlarged. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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