FAMILIES OF GREATEST WORTH. 63 



The Convohmlacecp, (Oouvolvuhxs Family) affords the sweet 

 potato, morning glory, and cypress vine. 



The SolanacecB (Night-shade Family) furnishes the potato, 

 tomato, egg-plant, pepper, ground-cherry, tobacco, belladonna, 

 bittersweet, petunia. 



The ChenojiodiacecB (Goosefoot Family) affords the beet, spinach, 

 orache,Swiss chard, and several weeds. 



Tlie Polygonacem (Buckwheat Family) contains buckwheat, 

 rhubarb, knot-grass, sorrel, several docks, and swartweed. 



The ScitaminecB (Gingerworts) includes the cinnamons, gingers, 

 bananas, and arrow-roots. 



The Liliacece (Lily Family) gives us the lily, hyacinth, tulip, 

 asparagus, chives, garlic, leek, onion, shallots. 



There are several other families which contribute more or less 

 to the crops of the field, orchard and garden. 



The GrammecB (Grass Family) is by far the most important of 

 any, and is noticed on the succeeding page. 



For making clothing, there are two families of much value, 

 viz: 



The MalvaceiB (Mallow Family) containing okra, mallow, hol- 

 lyhock, hibiscus, abutilon, and the cotton plant, and 



The Linarea' (Flax Family) including the flax, valuable for 

 its fiber as well as the seeds which furnish linseed oil. 



The Lahiatw (Mint Family) is quite remarkable for aromatic 

 herbs, and contains basil, balm, sweet marjoram, pennyroyal, 

 lavender, spearmint, peppermint, liorehound, hyssop, thyme, 

 summer savory, rosemary, bergamot, cat-mint, motherwort and 



Our leadivg tree^ belong to about twelve families, including 

 the tulip-tree and magnolias, the basswood, the holly, the maples, 

 the catalpas, the ashes, the elms, the button wood, the walnuts, 

 and hickories, the oaks, chestnuts, beech, the birches, and alders, 

 the willows, and poplars, and last, but by no means the least, 



