. Corn plants; their uses and ways of life. MAIZE, THE CORN OF THE WEST. 93 part lived in stockaded villages, and ciUtivated their corn along with beans, pumpkins, squashes, and to- bacco ; but their cidtiva- tion was of the rudest sort, and population was too sparse for much pro- gress toward civilization. But Indian corn, when sown in carefully tilled and irrigated land, had much to do with the denser population, the in- creasing organization of labor, and the higher de- velopment in the arts, which characterized the confederacies of Mexico and Central America and all the pueblo Indians of O
. Corn plants; their uses and ways of life. MAIZE, THE CORN OF THE WEST. 93 part lived in stockaded villages, and ciUtivated their corn along with beans, pumpkins, squashes, and to- bacco ; but their cidtiva- tion was of the rudest sort, and population was too sparse for much pro- gress toward civilization. But Indian corn, when sown in carefully tilled and irrigated land, had much to do with the denser population, the in- creasing organization of labor, and the higher de- velopment in the arts, which characterized the confederacies of Mexico and Central America and all the pueblo Indians of Othe ; The religious ceremo- nies already referred to, in which the ancient Americans showed their appreciation of the value of maize, indicate plainly that these people must have been acquainted with the plant for many centuries before the coming of Columbus. Other facts go to show that long before his arrival the culture of maize had sjjread from ^Mexico as a centre into the temperate regions of North and South America.^ ' The proofs of this view are given at leugth iu Dr. John. Fio. 27. Wheat. A, spikelet. C, C«, outer bract, back and side views. /), E, inner bracts. G, pistil with pair of lodi- cules at base ; J, ovary. K^, K-, kernel, front and back views. R, rachis. (Hackel.). 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, 1863-1928. Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company
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