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PLANTS AND INSECTS 
The mallets are valuable, not only because of their hardy qualities 
and their food values, hut because of the fact that they can he sown' late 
in the spring and still be harvested without interfering with the harvest 
of other cereals. The seed is usually sown broadcast, though sometimes 
drilled. —Eskell L. Blore. 
THE POMEGRANATE 
T HE name “pomegranate” is known to most children. Those who 
are familiar with Bible stories, have heard of it. Others have read 
of it in Greek or Roman myths or other stories of ancient times. But 
perhaps few of our 
readers have ever 
seen a pomegranate. 
In the picture 
we have three views 
of a pomegranate. 
One shows the gen¬ 
eral contour and the 
position on the stem, 
also the opposite 
lance-shaped leaves; 
the transverse sec¬ 
tion shows some¬ 
what of the arrange¬ 
ment of the seeds in 
the lower half of the 
fruit; and the longi¬ 
tudinal section gives 
an idea of the ar¬ 
rangement of the 
double rows of car¬ 
pels, which shall be 
spoken of later. 
The shrub, or small tree, on which this fruit growls is a native of 
southwestern Asia. According to some historians, it was cultivated 
throughout that country for more than a thousand years before Christ. 
