This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...grain? Beer. How is malt obtained? By steeping the grain, and then drying it. What plants yield substances from which people manufacture clothing? How is cotton obtained? How manufactured? What does flax yield? How is linen obtained from flax? What oils are obtained from the seeds of these two plants? What States ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...grain? Beer. How is malt obtained? By steeping the grain, and then drying it. What plants yield substances from which people manufacture clothing? How is cotton obtained? How manufactured? What does flax yield? How is linen obtained from flax? What oils are obtained from the seeds of these two plants? What States produce the most cotton? Where else is cotton cultivated? Where is cotton mostly manufactured into goods? In England and the Northern States, especially New England. Are cotton and flax annual or perennial? Is tea an annual or a perennial plant? 138 Review in Botany. What trees are valuable for their sap? India-rubber, sugarmaple, and the pine. What is made from the sap of the India-rubber tree? Of the sugar-maple tree? Of the pine tree? Where is India-rubber largely produced? Turpentine and tar? What tree is valuable for medicine obtained from its bark? Where does that tree grow? Mention some other plants which yield medicines. From what tree is bark obtained that is used in tanning leather? Hemlock. Is it a deciduous, or an evergreen tree? What trees are very valuable for their wood used in making pianos, etc. Where do mahogany and rosewood trees grow? How are these woods used? Mention some other ornamental woods. Mention the trees which are valuable for their fruits? Where do oranges grow? Bananas? Olives? Cocoanuts? Dates? Pineapples? Lemons? Cloves and nutmegs? What is obtained from olives? What plant, although yielding no food, drink, clothing, medicine, shelter, or ornament, is used very extensively in nearly every country in the world? Tobacco. Where is it extensively cultivated? Mention some poison plants. Which produces opium? Where is it mostly cultivated? Mostly used? Upon what do trees and plants live? Mention the five parts of a tree ...
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