PLANTS 



and Phaseolus vulgaris. The genus name is always 

 written before the species name. The name of the 

 mushroom shown in Figure 2 is Agaricus Merrilli. 



THE USES OF PLANTS 



Food. The study of plants is more fundamentally 

 important to us than is any other subject of study. For 

 our greatest want is food, and all our food, except water 



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and salt, is furnished by plants. If we eat meat, or 

 eggs, or fish, we are still dependent on plants, for they 

 nourish the animals we eat. 



Fuel. We are equally dependent on plants for our 

 fuel, used for warmth, cooking, or lighting. This 

 is still true even if we burn coal, for coal is made of 

 the remains of plants which lived long ago. 



Clothing. For most of our clothing, also, we are 

 dependent on plants. The most important of the textile 

 materials is cotton; others are hemp, flax, piiia, and 

 abaca. 



