Some grow
wild, others we grow in our gardens.
2. We use some for eating, such as mustard and cress. Others, such as
parsley, mint, sage, and thyme, we use to flavour our food. Many are
used as medicine.
3. Most herbs have a nice scent. They are very plentiful, and very
useful.
_Write and learn:_
Herbs have--
Soft stems.
Nice scent.
Strong flavour.
Herbs are--
Plentiful.
Useful.
Grown from seeds.
Herbs are used--
For eating.
For flavouring.
For medicine.
COFFEE [_Page 93._
1. We get coffee from the coffee-tree. It is an evergreen, something
like our bay-tree. It bears a pretty white flower.
2. When the flower falls it leaves a red berry, something like a
cherry. The two hard, oval seeds inside it are what we call coffee
beans. They are of a pale colour in the berry, but are roasted to make
them brown.
3. Coffee is good to drink, but it is not so cheap as tea. It grows in
warm countries far away--in Arabia and the West Indies chiefly.
_Write and learn:_
The Coffee-tree--
Is an evergreen.
Has white flowers.
Has a red berry.
Coffee is--
Good to drink.
Warming.
Not so cheap as tea.
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