“Tree” Gasoline Anti-Knock! A little spray of water carburated
into intake manifold of an internal combustion engine will
dampen the “ping” nearly as well as tetra-ethyl lead (”ethyl”).
Plant to Keep Mosquitos Away! The castor bean plant. Seeds
available from any nursery. Plant in pots within the house;
replant outdoors. Decorative and they grow like weeds!
Non-Rust Anti-Freeze! Old motor oil thinned with kerosene.
Remove Coffee and Tea Stains! Glycerine. OR ethylene Glycol
(”Prestone”) OR Diethylene Glycol.
Tooth Powder! Equal parts table salt, borax and baking soda.
Ask your dentist.
Break a Dog from Chasing Cars! Attach a stick to the dog’s
collar to strike at his knees when he runs.
Remove Water Marks from Table Tops! Dissolve paraffin shavings
in olive or cooking oil. Rub one way only.
Develop Fingerprints! Place a small wad of cotton, saturated
with tincture of iodine, in a glass tube; blow against suspected
fingerprints, and they will appear.

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When San Francisco was destroyed by fire in 1906, many people predicted
that the city would never be rebuilt. A great number of men and women
packed their goods and chattels and hastily bade farewell to the still
smoking ruins of a City That Was, firmly believing that destiny had
determined that it should remain forever buried in its own ashes.
There was another class of men and women who were optimists. They
predicted that the city would be rebuilt, but that it would require from
twenty to thirty years.

This tomato is believed to have its origin in the Peru-Ecuador areas from where it spread as a weed throughout many parts of tropical America and then domesticated in Mexico. It was introduced into Europe early in the sixteen-century and the United States of America two centuries later. Tomato belongs to the family Solanaceae and its scientific name is Lycopersicon esculentum. Tomatoes can be considered one of the most important vegetables. The fruits can be cooked or eaten raw. Additionally, this vegetable is used extensively in the canning industry in the production juices, sauces, ketchup and paste

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The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination
under the banner of Science, and to lead her votaries from the looser
analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter ones,
which form the ratiocination of philosophy. While their particular design
is to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of BOTANY; by
introducing them to the vestibule of that delightful science, and
recommending to their attention the immortal works of the Swedish
Naturalist LINNEUS.
In the first Poem, or Economy of Vegetation, the physiology of Plants
is delivered; and the operation of the Elements, as far as they may be
supposed to affect the growth of Vegetables. But the publication of this
part is deferred to another year, for the purpose of repeating some
experiments on vegetation, mentioned in the notes.

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The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. (LamK) seemed to have originated in Tropical America, but, the
exact location is not known. This crop is now grown throughout the tropics for its edible tubers, which
are an important food source in many countries. Guyana is one of the tropical countries in which sweet
potato is cultivated. The Regions of highest production in Guyana, are Regions 3, 4, and 9, but it is also
grown in Regions 2, 5 and 6.
Sweet potato is primarily used as food. Generally it is consumed directly- the main type of preparation
being boiling, baking or frying. In processed form, the tubers can be prepared in many ways for human
consumption (canned, frozen, dehydrated or made into flour or starch).
For industrial uses, the tuber is a source of starch, glucose, syrup, vinegar and alcohol. The tuber and
plant tops are also a source of animal feed. The tuber is fed directly or in processed form and the leaves
are fed to livestock as fresh fodder or in the form of silage.

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What is Botany? The pupils are very apt to say at first that it is
learning about _flowers_. The teacher can draw their attention to the fact
that flowers are only a part of the plant, and that Botany is also the
study of the leaves, the stem, and the root. Botany is the science of
_plants_. Ask them what the Geranium is. Tell them to name some other
plants. The teacher should keep a few growing plants in the schoolroom for
purposes of illustration.Ask them what else there is in the world besides plants. By this question
the three kingdoms, animal, vegetable, and mineral, are brought up. It
will give occasion for a discussion of the earth and what it contains, the
mountains, formed of rocks and soil,

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Do you know what really happens when things rot? Have other garden
books confused you with vague meanings for words like “stabilized
humus?” This book won’t. Are you afraid that compost making is a
nasty, unpleasant, or difficult process? It isn’t.
A compost pile is actually a fast-track method of changing crude
organic materials into something resembling soil, called humus. But
the word “humus” is often misunderstood, along with the words
“compost,” and “organic matter.” And when fundamental ideas like
these are not really defined in a person’s mind, the whole subject
they are a part of may be confused. So this chapter will clarify
these basics.
Compost making is a simple process. Done properly it becomes a
natural part of your gardening or yard maintenance activities, as
much so as mowing the lawn. And making compost does not have to take
any more effort than bagging up yard waste.

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In the fall of 1890 Dr. George Vasey, then Botanist of the
Department of Agriculture, arranged with me to prepare a revision
of North American Cactaceae. Owing to the peculiar difficulty of
preserving material the family was poorly represented, even in
our leading herbaria. To secure a large amount of additional
material in the way of specimens and field notes the Department
authorized me to visit the region of the Mexican boundary during
the summer of 1891. Preliminary to this exploration it was
necessary to examine the Engelmann collection of Cactaceae, in
the possession of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

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A BOOK OF
Fruits & Flowers.

SHEWING
The Nature and Use of them, either
for Meat or Medicine.
AS ALSO:
To Preserve, Conserve, Candy, and in Wedges,
or Dry them. To make Powders, Civet bagges,
all sorts of Sugar-works, turn’d works in Sugar,
Hollow, or Frutages; and to Pickell them.
_And for Meat._
To make Pyes, Biscat, Maid Dishes, Marchpanes, Leeches,
and Snow, Craknels, Caudels, Cakes, Broths, Fritter-stuffe,
Puddings, Tarts, Syrupes, and Sallets.

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