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PLANTS AND MAN 



particularly prized by Orientals and is the national flower of 

 Japan. Of more recent cultivated origin in this region are the 



AZALEA, HOLLYHOCK, HYDRANGEA, PEONY, WISTARIA and EaSTER 

 LILY. 



Cultivated American Plants 



It is well that Americans (using that term to designate in- 

 habitants of the United States) do not have to depend upon 

 native species for the variety of purposes for which we use plants. 

 If we did, we would have no tea, coffee nor chocolate as bever- 



Fig. 88. — A list of the cultivated plants originating in the Americas. 



ages; no clothing made of cotton, linen or hemp fibers; no 

 cereals; none of the familiar vegetables and food accessories to 

 which we are accustomed. Our only fruits would be cranberries, 



BLUEBERRIES, HUCKLEBERRIES, STRAV^BERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, 



RASPBERRIES and persimmons; unless we could eat with relish the 



