EGGLESTON 



1963 



EGLANTINE 



value of the eggs produced every year in the 

 United States alone is about $600,000,000, 

 while Canada produces annually about $25,- 

 000,000 worth. Their price varies according as 



50,000,000, 



cost of Panama 



Canal 





A STRIKING COMPARISON 

 The value of the eggs produced in a single year 

 in the United States alone is sufficient to build 

 nearly two canals like that at Panama. 



the supply keeps pace with the demand. In 

 periods of scarcity hens' eggs (strictly fresh) 

 sell for as high as seventy-five cents a dozen, 

 and the price ranges from this figure down 

 to twenty cents or less. S.L.A. 



EGGLESTON, eg"lztun, EDWARD (1837- 

 1902), an American novelist, author of The 

 Hoosicr Schoolmaster, one of the most popu- 

 lar books published in the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. He was born at Vevay, Ind., was largely 

 self-educated, as delicate health prevented his 

 going to college, but he was a diligent student 

 and acquired a wide knowledge of French 

 literature, and some Greek. At the age of 

 nineteen he entered the Methodist ministry 

 and for ten years preached, sold Bibles and 

 traveled in Minnesota for his health, and also 

 engaged in such other pursuits as opportunity 

 offered. Later he attracted attention by mag- 

 azine articles and started his literary career 

 in 1866. by becoming editor of the Little 

 Chronicle at Evanston, 111. In 1867 he re- 

 moved to Chicago and edited The National 

 Sunday School Teacher. Three years later he 

 became literary editor of The Independent, 

 New York, resigning that post to become edi- 

 tor of Hearth' and Home. From 1874 to 1879 

 he was pastor of the Church of Christian En- 

 deavor in Brooklyn. 



In 1880 he retired to his home on Lake 

 George, N. Y., and thereafter devoted himself 

 wholly to literature. At this time Southern 

 Indiana had come into prominence by his 

 story of The Hoosier Schoolmaster, which 

 first appeared in 1871 in serial form in Hearth 

 and Home. This story was one of the earliest 



examples of realistic fiction portraying pioneer 

 manners and dialect. Among his other novels 

 are Hoosier School Boy, End of the World, 

 Mystery of M etropolisvtile and Roxy. He 

 also published biographies of American Indians 

 for juveniles. The last years of his life were 

 spent in writing a History of Life in the 

 United States, but only two volumes were 

 completed at the time of his death. 



EGG 'PLANT, a tropical vegetable belonging 

 to the same family as the potato. It received 

 its name from the fact that it is egg-shaped. 

 Several varieties are cultivated in many parts 

 of the world for use as table vegetables. In 

 the United States it can be grown successfully 

 as far north as latitude 42. The purple- 

 fruited varieties are favorites in the United 

 States, the white ones being more popular in 

 Europe. These fruits, from the size of a hen's 

 egg to six or eight inches in diameter, appear 

 on erect vines about two feet high. The leaves 

 of the vine are prickly; the flowers, showy 

 purple. Eggplant is served in several ways. 



THE EGGPLANT 



Smaller picture shows manner of growth of the 

 plant. 



It is best liked when sliced (not always JH . I. <1 . 

 dipped in a batter and fried in butter. It i- 

 as nutritious as cabbage or cuuliflowrr. 



A rich, deep, mellow soil is the best for 

 eggplants. The chief difficulty in thrir culti- 

 vation is the start, as they must be i 

 from the seed in a hothouse or frutno. Tliry 

 are not subject to very destructive diseases 

 and they are worthy of more attention than 

 they now receive. 



EGLANTINE, eg' Ian teen, a beautiful wild 

 rose, commonly known as the swct'tbrnr. Its 

 arching brown stems, with their sharp, hooked 

 thorns, are thickly set with small, dark-green 

 leaves and soft-pink blossoms, and leaves as 

 well as flowers have a peculiarly sweet, spicy 



