THE POWER OF SUNLIGHT 



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Banana-plant ; strawberries from the^ Strawberry- 

 plant ; currants from the Currant-bush ; plums from the 

 Plum-tree; peaches from the Peach-tree; — but the 

 names are endless. All these and many many more are 

 the work of the Vegetable Kingdom. 



Then, too, the vegetables that we eat — ^potatoes, 

 cauliflowers, turnips, carrots, cabbages, beans, peas, 

 asparagus, onions — are numberless, and each one is manu- 

 factured by its own kind of 

 plant, and by no other. 



Nor is this all. When we 

 turn to clothing, we find the 

 same thing over again. 



What about Cotton? 

 Huge supplies of cotton are 

 used by mankind, woven 

 into all sorts of materials. 

 Where does the cotton 

 come from ? Why, from the 

 Cotton-plant, which grows 

 abundantly in the plains of cotton. 



India and in other sultry 



regions. The cotton itself is a sort of soft down or 

 fine hair, chnging to the seeds when they ripen. 



What about Wool? We make from it all kinds of 

 warm stuffs for winter wear ; cloth, flannel, merino, also 

 blankets and shawls, coats and comforting wraps of 

 every description. The raw wool comes to us from the 

 backs of sheep ; and those sheep have fed on vegetable 

 food. But for that food, but for the work of each small, 

 grass-blade, the wool would never have grown. 



