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<div class="chaptext" id="l29"><SPAN name="less29"></SPAN> <div class="lesson">LESSON XXIX.</div> <div class="chaphead">USEFUL VEGETABLES.</div> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/053_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill53"><ANTIMG src= "images/053.jpg" border="0" alt="A SPROUT." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">A SPROUT.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/054_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill54"><ANTIMG src= "images/054.jpg" border="0" alt="A VINE BEGINNING TO GROW." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">A VINE BEGINNING TO GROW.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="verse"><p>In the heart of a seed buried deep, so deep, A dear little plant lay fast asleep.</p> <p>"Wake!" said the sunshine, "and creep to the light."</p> <p>"Wake!" said the voice of the raindrops bright.</p> <p>The little plant heard, and it rose to see</p> <p>What the wonderful outside world might be.</p> </div> <p>What vegetables grow in your neighborhood?</p> <p>Of which do we use the roots as food? Of which the leaves? Of which the seeds? Of which the stems or stalks?</p> <p>Which is the most useful garden vegetable? There is no common garden vegetable so highly thought of as the potato. How are potatoes planted?</p> <p>Answer the questions in writing so as to make a little composition about vegetables.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />