The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . n examination is formed exactly like an this tree does not, with us, attain to solarge a size as in colder countries, it is very ornamental to our shrubberies and woods. You haveperhaps sometimes eaten of its crude but beautifulfruit; or you may have seen your sisters string itfor necklaces. By the Highlanders the jNIountainash is called the Rowan tree, and they supersti-tiously imagine that it protects from evil spiritsthe habitations near which it grows: on thisaccount it i
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . n examination is formed exactly like an this tree does not, with us, attain to solarge a size as in colder countries, it is very ornamental to our shrubberies and woods. You haveperhaps sometimes eaten of its crude but beautifulfruit; or you may have seen your sisters string itfor necklaces. By the Highlanders the jNIountainash is called the Rowan tree, and they supersti-tiously imagine that it protects from evil spiritsthe habitations near which it grows: on thisaccount it is cherished near many a Highlanddwelling. The seeds of the various kinds of grasses, inwhich are comprehended wheat, oats, barley, rye,millet, rice, and maize (which are usually termedCorn plants or Cerealia), form an important and CORN-PLANTS. 55 extensively used article of food. None of tliecorn plants floiurish without culture, but they willso easily accommodate themselves to various soilsand climates, as that they are found spread overa greater portion of the globe than any otherorder of m Ear and Plaut of Sprin;; Wheat. The cultivation of European corn is not success-ful either in regions lying near the poles, or inthe hot countries between the tropics. In Eng- 56 CORN-PLANTS. land, bread made from wheat is so common anarticle of food, that when in former times thecrops of wheat and biirley failed, a season offamine and distress was the consequence. Owing
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