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maple, the chestnut, the pine, and other trees 

 supply us with materials for them all. 



3. If we wish to go across the ocean, the 

 trees supply, us with materials for ships. 



4. If we go as far as the island of Ceylon, 

 one tree there, called the bread-fruit tree, will 

 supply us with bread, which hangs in small 

 loaves from the brancfies. All you have to do 

 is to take it and bake it and eat it. 



5. If you go to China or Japan, you will 

 find the tea-plant, that gives us a pleasant drink, 

 and you will find there also about twenty dif- 

 ferent kinds of rice. Besides these is a tallow- 

 tree, that supplies materials for candles. 



6. The tallow of which our candles are made is the 

 suet or fat of such animals as the ox and sheep. 



7. If you should sail to Brazil, Arabia, 

 Abyssinia, or other warm countries, or to the 

 Island of Java, you would see fields covered 

 with evergreen plants bearing small berries which 

 furnish a part of the breakfast for many millions 

 of people every day. What is it ? Coffee. 



8. Besides the places mentioned, coffee grows in the 

 West Indies, Central America, Venezuela, Guiana, 

 Peru, Bolivia, Ceylon, and some of the islands in the 

 Pacific Ocean. 



9. Although the coffee-plant attains the height of 8 to 

 20 feet, it is usually kept pruned to 5 feet in height. The 

 plants are raised from seed and transplanted. They are in 



