. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 20 CEREALS times they observed annually a very ancient custom in which rice grains were planted by the Emperor with appropriate ceremonies in token of its great value to the nation. Finally, in the New World, evidences abound of the cultivation of maize ages before the coming of Columbus. Ears of Indian corn occur along with the most ancient remains in Mexico and Peru. Moreover, the Spanish conquerors found that in Mexico the natives worshiped an agricultural divinity to. Fici. !l.—Wheat. .1, spikelct of beardless wh
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. 20 CEREALS times they observed annually a very ancient custom in which rice grains were planted by the Emperor with appropriate ceremonies in token of its great value to the nation. Finally, in the New World, evidences abound of the cultivation of maize ages before the coming of Columbus. Ears of Indian corn occur along with the most ancient remains in Mexico and Peru. Moreover, the Spanish conquerors found that in Mexico the natives worshiped an agricultural divinity to. Fici. !l.—Wheat. .1, spikelct of beardless wheat, enlarged. /•', flower with braefs spread. (', D, E, bracts. 6'. pistil with stamens, and a pair of lodicules at base. A'', A"-, kernel. R, racliis. (Baillon.) whom they brought the first-fruits of their maize-harvest, just as the Romans brought their offerings of grain to Ceres. 17. Earliest use of grains. Although we may be sure that the cultivation of the grains began many years before the time of our earliest records concerning them, we have no means of knowitig how long ago they were first ]3lanted as a croj); nor have we any definite knowledge of how any one of them first came to bo cultivated. Still there is good reason to supjDosc that l)cfore the advantages of planting were discovered, it was the custom to gather the wild grain when it \v;is ripe, just as certain stivage trilies do with other grains at the jjresent da>-. Thus it M'ould happen naturally. 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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