In collecting our representative flowering
plants, we have endeavored to secure a specimen of each
common genus of annuals and biennials as well as a few
shrubs. The notes, drawings, and classification of fifty of these plants constitute the main part of our thesis. Following are the classifications of various...
There is probably no article of diet of animal
origin more commonly eaten in all countries or served
in a greater variety of ways than eggs. Milk is the
nearest rival and it resembles eggs in that both are
intended by nature for food for the young. Although
not a...
As far back as History goes we have conclusive proof
that man has traded commodities with his fellow-men. At
first these exchanges were in the form of barter, a man
would trade something which he had and did not care much
for,with another man who had something he desired more....
Slowly and half-heartedly the people of America have come to atone for past neglect of a poet who, under painful circumstances, produced the most distinctive and original contributions to American literature. They realize that the follies of his unfortunate life can be put aside and the weight of criticisms let...