kernels of the cacao nut, and mixing them with vanilla, cinnamon, or cloves.

Q. Where does the chocolate tree grow? A. Principally in the West Indies and Brazil.

Q. What is rice?

A. The seed of a plant that grows in Asia and some parts of America. It is light and nutritious, and forms the chief food of the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula, China, Japan, and the East Indian Islands.

Q. What is arrowroot?

A. A delicate and nourishing article of food, which is obtained from the root of the arrowroot tree.

Q. Where does the arrowroot tree grow? A. It is a native of South Africa, and is cultivated in the East and West Indies. Q. What is manna?

A. The sweet juice produced from several species of ash which grow in Sicily, Calabria, and other parts of the South of Europe.

Q. How is it prepared?

A. It is dried either artificially or by being allowed to remain on the tree. Q. Of what use is it?

A. It is used as a medicine for children and delicate persons.

Q. What is tapioca ?

A. A fine floury substance, prepared from the root of a plant called cassada, which grows in South America. Q. What is sago P

A. The pith of the trunk of a tree growing in the Moluccas.

Q. How is it prepared?

A. The tree is cut down, and the pith or medullary part is extracted from the trunk, and ground to powder.

Q. What is then done?

A. It is mixed with water, and then rubbed into small grains and laid to dry.

Q. What are dates?

A. They are the fruit of the great palm tree, or date tree, and are used extensively as an article of food by the natives of North Africa and of some countries in Asia.

Q. Where is the date tree chiefly cultivated ?

A. In the northern parts of Africa, Palestine, and Persia.

Q. What are yams?

A. They are the roots of a plant which grows in the East and West Indies. When roasted or boiled they form a wholesome, palatable, and nutritious food.

Q. What are potatoes?

A. They are the roots of a plant, and form one of the cheapest and most nourishing species of vegetable food.

Q. From whence and by whom were they introduced into Britain ?

A. They were introduced into Britain from Virginia by Sir Water Raleigh, in 1586.

Q. Is there not a tree called the bread tree ?

A. Yes; it is a tree which grows in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, of the size of an apple tree, and produces a fruit shaped like a heart and as large as a small loaf of bread, which is eaten as food.

Q. What is the cabbage tree?

A. A tree which is a native of warm climates, and grows with a straight stem to the height of 170 or 200 feet. On the top, a substance called cabbage grows, which is boiled and eaten like other vegetables.

Q. What is the betel-nut tree?

A. A beautiful palm, found in India, growing to a height of thirty or forty feet, and yielding an astringent seed called betel nut.

Q. What are pine apples?

A. They are the fruit of a tree which is a native of South America and of some of the West Indian Islands. The flavour of the pine apple, when ripe, is very delicious.

Q. What are cocoa nuts?

A. They are the fruit of the cocoa-nut tree, which grows in the warm climates

of the East and West Indies.

Q. What does the shell of the cocoa nut contain?

A. It contains a white kernel which is

wholesome for food, and a liquor which is a cooling beverage.

Q. What are bananas?

A. Bananas or plantains are the fruit of a plant which has found its way into all tropical countries. In many places they constitute an important article of food.

Q. What is the butter tree?

A. A tree found in the East Indies and in Africa, the seeds of which, when boiled, yield a sweet substance like butter.

Q. What is the cow tree?

A. A South American plant, from which, when an incision is made in the trunk an abundant flow of nourishing milk takes place, which is drunk by the natives in whose country the tree grows. Q. What is maize?

A. Maize, or Indian corn, is a plant commonly cultivated in the warmer parts of the world, where it answers a purpose similar to that of wheat in more northern countries.

Q. What is buck wheat?