. New elementary agriculture for rural and graded schools; an elementary text book dealing with the plants, insects, birds, weather, and animals of the farm . And so the purslanewould make very poor fuel or timber, but the mapleand the ash and the oak are just what the farmer wantswhere strength and durability are required. Ornamental Plants.—While the plants which havethus far been mentioned contribute most to mans lifeand health and comfort, we should not forget that thisis not all of life, but that the farmer will be a happierand probably a better man if he also sees and admiresand enjoys s
. New elementary agriculture for rural and graded schools; an elementary text book dealing with the plants, insects, birds, weather, and animals of the farm . And so the purslanewould make very poor fuel or timber, but the mapleand the ash and the oak are just what the farmer wantswhere strength and durability are required. Ornamental Plants.—While the plants which havethus far been mentioned contribute most to mans lifeand health and comfort, we should not forget that thisis not all of life, but that the farmer will be a happierand probably a better man if he also sees and admiresand enjoys some of the beautiful things with which theworld abounds. And we have already learned that manyplants, for good reasons of their own, have found it worthwhile to be beautiful and fragrant and to welcome andshelter the birds with their concerts of song; so even thispeculiarity of plant life the farmer may take advantageof to make his home more enjoyable and attractive. DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FARM PLANTS 37 And we shall see, too, that he may not only gatherabout him the beautiful plants with which the worldabounds, but he may even increase their beauty by. Fig. Wild and cultivated dahlia. developing richer and more showy flowers, -just as hehas improved the useful plants by developing richergrains and sweeter berries. Many of the morebeautiful flowers of the garden have become such byreason of the gardeners intelligent selection and culti-vation. The wild rose, for example, has but few petals 38 NEW ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE and many ovaries and seeds; for the rose plant was nat-urally more concerned with growing good seeds thanwith merely looking well. All that was needed in theway of show was just color enough to catch the eye ofthe bee, and win a visit from her, and so manage thematter of getting its pollen distributed. But thegardener does not care for the rose seeds; he can propa-gate new plants from slips set in the ground. So hehas used such modes of selection and cultivation
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