LESSON XXXVI 

 LITTLE-KNOWN PLANTS 



WE use many well-known products that come from 

 little -known crops in our own country, or from plants 

 that grow only in foreign countries. 



The Spices are a group of products from cultivated 

 plants grown in foreign lands. Pepper, ginger, cloves, 

 cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg are well-known spices. 

 Black pepper is the ground seed of a vine that grows 

 in the East Indies. The principal red peppers are 

 cayenne, chili, paprika, and sweet peppers. Cayenne 

 or red pepper is the pulverized pods. The sweet peppers 

 are pickled while green or dried after they are ripe. 

 Ginger is made from the spicy roots of a plant that is 

 raised in tropical countries. Cloves are the dried 

 flower buds of an evergreen tree that grows mainly in 

 the East Indies. Cinnamon is the inner bark of a tree 

 that grows in many tropical countries. Allspice comes 

 from the seeds of a tree grown almost exclusively in 

 Jamaica. Nutmegs are the kernels from the seeds of 

 a tree that grows in tropical regions. 



Medicinal Plants. Many medicines are produced 

 from plants, and some of these are important farm 

 crops. Ginseng, a plant native to America, is sold 



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