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they are not green then ; the drying turns them 
brown^ as well as hard." 
9. Some people call pimento allspice'' said 
Harry. 
''Yes/' said Mr. Hill, ''and sometimes it is 
called Jamaica Pepper. It tastes like a mixture 
of other spices — cinnamon, cloves, and nutmegs, — 
and that is why allspice seems a good name for 
it." 
Mr. Hill told the boys that the clove and the 
guava belong to the same family of plants as the 
pimento. 
TOBACCO.— I. 
1. Mr. Hill was smoking a cigar on his way 
home with the boys from St. Ann's parish, and 
perhaps that was what led Fred to say : 
" You have never told us anything about the 
plant from which we get tobacco. Uncle." 
2. "No," replied Mr. Hill "All the plants 
and trees we have talked of are grown for the 
sake of the food they give us. The tobacco plant, 
as you know, is not a food-plant. 
3. " The use of tobacco has now spread to all 
parts of the world, so that to grow and prepare 
enough of it gives work for many thousands of 
people. There is nothing else from the plant- 
