Part 11 (1/2)

All vegetables contain ar, but the plant in which it e quantity of sugar is prepared froar Maple Tree The trees are tapped at the proper season by a cut being made in the bark, and the juice runs into a vessel placed to receive it; it is then prepared in the saar Candy?

Sugar purified and crystallized

What is Barley Sugar?

Sugar boiled till it is brittle, and cast on a stone anointed with oil of sweet alo?

A substance prepared frorows naturally in various parts of Africa and the Indies The pith, which is even eatable in its natural state, is taken from the trunk of the tree, and thrown into a vessel placed over a horse-hair sieve; water is then thrown over the h the sieve; the liquor thus obtained is left to settle The clear liquor is then drawn off, and what reh metal dishes, with numerous small holes; it is next dried by the action of heat, and in this state it is exported The Sago Palar

What is Millet, and in what countries does it grow?

Millet is an esculent grain, originally brought from the Eastern countries It is cultivated in ypt, Syria, China, and Hindostan, whence we are furnished with it, it being rarely cultivated aood for food

For what is Millet used?

It is in great request as; for which it is sost us The Italians er?

The root of a plant cultivated in the East and West Indies, and in A islands

Describe its nature and use

It is a warm aromatic, much used in reen as a salad, chopping it sar The ginger sold in the shops here is dried, which is done by placing the roots in the heat of the sun or in ovens, after being dug out of the ground Quantities not only of the dried root, but also of the candied sugar, are is?

A delicate aro tree greatly resembles our pear tree, and produces a kind of nut, which bears the same name as the tree

[Illustration: GLass BLOWING AT THE GLass-WORKS, PITTSBURGH, PA]

What is the appearance of the Nutreeable The nut is inclosed in four different covers; the first, a thick fleshy coat, (like our walnut,) which opens of itself when ripe; under this lies a thin reddish network, of an agreeable smell and aromatic taste, called rows The shell is the third cover, which is hard, thin, and blackish; under this is a greenish fil, which is the kernel of the fruit

What are its uses?

The nut is much used in our food, and is of excellent virtue as a rance