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=Assignment #1 Luther Family Tree=

Cosby Luther... Roy Luther's dead mother. She had a growth on her neck and when a doctor cut it the contaminated air killed her.

Roy Luther... The father of four children. They are sharecroppers and live in the Smokey Mountains.

Devola Luther 18 year old daughter. Who is not very responsible. Kiser Pease wants to marry her. Mary Call Luther 14 year old daughter. Had to take on a lot of responsibility when Roy died. Romey Luther 10 year old son of Roy. Ima Dean Younger daughter of Roy.

=Assignment #2 Original Poems=

Mary Call Stubborn, Controlling pat, screech, swish loves her family person 

Exciting and surprising is Romey When he is angry he doesn't act calmly Romey is only ten years old but helps MaryCall search for the family's "wild gold"

=Assignment #3 My Little Book of Life Lesson=

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=Assignment #4 Wildcrafting Research Paper=

“Wild Gold”

The Luthers find that wildcrafting is a profitable, but tricky, business in the realistic fiction novel //Where the Lilies Bloom// by Bill and Vera Cleaver. For example, Mary Call reads that drug companies will gladly pay for Ginseng, //panax quienquefolius//. Ginseng is used to strengthen immune systems, protect the liver, prevent memory loss, regulate blood sugar, and lower cholesterol. This green leaved root was domesticated in the late 1800’s and is found in the Applachian Region or other wooded environments. . Ginseng can also be dangerous. For example, it should not be used by pregnant women. Another valuable plant is Slippery Elm or Ulmas Rubra. In fact, Devola Luther uses Slippery Elm to wrap around Romey’s wound so it can heal. Slippery Elm is used to fix sore throats, sore eyes, boils, burns, and bruises. This plant is also known as Moose Elm, Red Elm, Indian Elm, Rock Elm, and Sweet Elm. A Slippery Elm tree is forty to fifty feet tall with large trunks two and a half feet in diameter. They are found in Quebec, North Dakota, South Florida, and Texas. There are no cautions when using Slippery Elm. Wildcrafting is the only hope for the Luther’s family so Ginseng and Slippery Elm are the Luther’s invaluable “wild gold”.

Wildcrafting Bibliography:

Anthony Cavender, First. //Folk Medicine in Southern Applachian//. Chapel Hill & London : The Univesity of North Carolina, 60&136. Print.

Boling, Janice. "Every Green Herb." . N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb 2012.

Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown. //An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and// // Canada //. 2. New York : Dover Publication Inc., 618. Print

Proctor, John T. A.. //Aromatic and Medical Plants//. Arlington : ASHS Press, 565-577. Print. **Picture Sources:** http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1255&bih=656&tbm=isch&tbnid=F0MtrHbdxeqI2M: &imgrefurl=http://www.buyginseng.org/&docid=Egb5y1Cr

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