Excerpt from The Book of Useful Plants The world of plants is a wonder world to chil dren. The growing of a plant, from seed to seed, is a wonderful experience. The wheat that makes our bread can trace its family line back to the time when men lived in caves and were Wild as the beasts With Whom they contended Without weapons. Grains and other plants that have ministered for centuries to the comfort and happi ness of the race have long, interesting histories. A wonderful future lies before each one. We need but an introduction. Their stories grip our interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.