The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Ear and Tlaiit of Winter Wheat. to the subsequent improvement in agriculture, weneed not fear a similar calamity; and even thoughthe wheat, the barley, and the oats should fail, wemight derive a temporary supply from the nutri- CORN-PLANTS. 57 tive matter contained in the potato and some otherplants. It is said that a good bread maybe madefrom the horse-chestnut, and even from the rootsof the common bryony. The inhabitants of some parts of Scotland maketheir bread chiefly of oaten flour; an
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . Ear and Tlaiit of Winter Wheat. to the subsequent improvement in agriculture, weneed not fear a similar calamity; and even thoughthe wheat, the barley, and the oats should fail, wemight derive a temporary supply from the nutri- CORN-PLANTS. 57 tive matter contained in the potato and some otherplants. It is said that a good bread maybe madefrom the horse-chestnut, and even from the rootsof the common bryony. The inhabitants of some parts of Scotland maketheir bread chiefly of oaten flour; and the peopleof the United States derive their chief producefrom the maize plant. In eastern countries riceand millet constitute the great means of support;and in almost every land a bread procured fromthe farinaceous matter contained in vegetables isadopted as the chief article of daily consumption. Maize is a very tall and handsome grass plant :you have perhaps seen it cultivated in a gardenfor its beauty. It is about six feet high. Theleaves that envelop the large husks of seeds areworthy yoiu- no
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