If we travel from the North Pole or South Pole toward the Equator we find it growing warmer and warmer until at last we have reached a land where it is warm all the year through. This is the Torrid (Hot) Zone.

The plants do not rest nor die in winter there, for there is no cold weather. These plants keep right on growing through the year. Many of the trees grow very, very high and have tremendous leaves.

In some Temperate Zone cities there are large greenhouses where the Torrid Zone plants are raised. The temperature must be kept as warm there as in the Torrid Zone.

SOME PLANTS OF THE TORRID (HOT) ZONE:

Palm

Rubber

Giant ferns

Coffee

Bamboo

Banana

In the forests of the Hot Zone the trees grow very close together. The sunlight cannot shine through. It is impossible to walk through these forests without first chopping out a pathway with a hatchet.

Notebook Work: Label the top of your notebook page with "LESSON 29." Sketch three Torrid Zone plants in your notebook. Label the drawing, "TORRID ZONE PLANTS."