Useful Plants

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Common Things, conveyed in a pleasant and agreeable manner. It will have for its subjects the general relations in which man stands to the world around him; his dependence upon its fruits and its animals for the comforts and luxuries of his daily life; the manner in which he has been led to render it available for increased comfort and additional luxury; the inexhaustible resources which it places within his reach; and its obvious adaptation by a Supreme Power to his wants and necessities. It will deal with articles that constantly come under his notice, and yet of which he, as a rule, knows little or nothing; so true it is that familiarity breeds contempt, and that we feel no interest in what is most immediately connected with us. It will endeavour to do this in an easy and attractive style.