Tag: English Essays
The Gold Gold is the most precious of all metals. Some other metals, like iron and brass, are more useful; they are common. Gold is so precious because it …
The Iron Iron is one of the commonest, and so cheapest, of all the metals; and this is a good thing, for it is the most useful. It is …
India Rubber India rubber is made from a kind of gum that comes from the bark of certain trees, that grow in hot and moist climates. These rubber trees …
The Silk The three kinds of materials we use mostly for our clothes are cotton, wool, and silk. We get these useful materials from very different sources. The cotton …
The Cotton Cotton needs a warm climate and rich soil to grow in: and the countries where most of it is grown are America, Egypt, and India. In India, …
The Potato In the days of Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, there lived a famous Englishman called Sir Walter Raleigh. He was a gentleman of good birth and …
Tea and Coffee Tea is the dried leaves of the tea plant. It is grown in China, Japan, India, and Ceylon. The leaves are gathered from the bushes four …
The Sugar-cane In India, the sugar-cane is a Kharif, or autumn, crop. In many parts of India, we can see at that season large fields of sugarcane ready for …
The Plantain Tree The plantain, or banana, is not really a tree, though it sometimes grows to a height of eighteen feet. It is a very large plant that …
The Coconut Tree The coconut, which is a kind of palm, is a very handsome tree. Its trunk rises straight up, sometimes as high as fifty feet, and is …
