. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. NUTHATCH They are usually seen head downward, work-ing around the trunk of the tree, peeringsharply into the crevices and steadily callingout their rough, cries—nasal notes whichseem altogether too loud for such small white-breasted nuthatch of the UnitedStates is of a slatish-gray color, with brown-ish lower parts, white throat and a white lineover its eye. NUTMEG, the kernel of the seed of anevergreen tree growing principall
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. NUTHATCH They are usually seen head downward, work-ing around the trunk of the tree, peeringsharply into the crevices and steadily callingout their rough, cries—nasal notes whichseem altogether too loud for such small white-breasted nuthatch of the UnitedStates is of a slatish-gray color, with brown-ish lower parts, white throat and a white lineover its eye. NUTMEG, the kernel of the seed of anevergreen tree growing principally in theislands of the East Indies, used commercial-ly as a spice. The fruit is pear-shaped andabout two inches in diameter. When thor- oughly ripe it splits open to two nearly equallongitudinal sections, presenting to viewthe nut or seed, surrounded by a crimsonjacket, the mace of commerce. When thethin hard shell of the nut is taken off, thewrinkled, oval kernel is exposed; this is thenutmeg of commercial value. The nutmeg tree has been introduced into. NUTMEGa, fruit bursting open; b, the same, with onevalve removed, showing the seed; c, sectionof seed; d, seed with the covering removed. Sumatra, India. Brazil and the West reaches a height of twenty or thirty feet,and produces numerous branches. The colorof the bark is a reddish-brown; that of theyoung branches, a bright green. The nut-meg is aromatic, is pleasing to the taste andsmell and is much used in cookery. It yields,by distillation with water, a transparent oil,called oil of mace or oil of nutmeg. NUTRITION, nutrishun. The humanbody may be compared to a machine that iscontinuously at work and that must dailybe supplied with fuel to keep it going. Un-like the lifeless machine, however, the bodyhas forces within it that keep it in repairand make possible a rebuilding of parts wornout. The process by which the human ma-chine assimilates food, makes use of oxygen,builds up tissues and utilizes energy in do-in
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