Name other fruits that grow in warm parts of the country.

People who live in cold countries need such food as will make them warm.  What kinds of food are best in cold countries?  What people live mainly on fish and the flesh of animals?  Do any fruit trees grow in very cold countries?

What kinds of food are best in hot countries?  The people cannot eat fatty food, for that would heat the body.  Do we find in such countries grain, vegetables and cooling fruits for the people to live upon?

Write answers to some of the questions asked in the lesson, so as to make a composition about fruits.

LESSON XXXII.

USEFUL PLANTS.

What plant supplies us with much of our clothing?  Name articles of clothing made of cotton.

Did you ever see a field of cotton?  In the summer the young plant is covered with pretty, pale-yellow flowers.  In the autumn you see the pod or boll which contains the cotton.

[Illustration:  “YOU SEE THE POD OR BOLL.”]

As the pod ripens, it bursts open.  The cotton-field is now a pretty sight—­the bright green leaves, yellow blossoms, and snowy cotton all mingled together.  Form a picture in your mind of a field of cotton in bloom.

The cotton is now picked.  The first thing is to separate it from its seed.  This is done by a machine called a cotton-gin.

[Illustration:  “FLAX IS A SMALL PLANT.”]

Now it is ready to be pressed in great bales and sent to market.  It will, at last, go to the cotton mills and be spun into thread, then woven into muslin, calico, etc.

Are the seeds of any use?  They contain a great deal of oil, which is pressed out by machinery.  What is the name of this oil?  What use is made of it?

There is another plant from which clothing is made.

Do you know what plant linen is made from?  Linen comes from the flax plant.

Flax is a small plant which grows two or three feet high, bearing on the top a bunch of pretty blue flowers.  A field of flax in bloom is a very pretty sight.

The flax does not grow in a pod like cotton.  The stalk of the plant is covered with a bark, or skin, containing fibers.  These fibers are spun into thread, which is woven into a cloth called linen.

[Illustration:  “A PLANT THAT YIELDS NO FOOD.”]

The seeds are used for making an oil called linseed oil.  For what is linseed oil used?

Do you think people who live in hot countries need the same kind of clothing as those who live in cold countries?

What kind of clothing should you think was needed in cold countries?  Would such clothes be comfortable in hot countries?

There is a plant that yields no food, drink, or clothing, yet it is used in nearly every country in the world.  Can you tell its name?

Every one has seen it growing.  It is tobacco.