 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 266 pagine
...divided by turf-banks, surmounted with furze. Fruit-trees grow luxuriantly, especially the fig-tree ; and so genial is the climate, that myrtles and geraniums flourish in the open ground, and even the orangetree advances to fructification, with the aid of shelter during the severity of winter. Fish... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 628 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...myrtles and geraniums flourish in the open ground, and the more hardy species of the orange tree, the Seville, will fructify with very little shelter in winter.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are 'much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...the climate, that myrtles and geraniums flourish in lira open ground, and the more hardy species of the orange tree, the Seville, wiH fructify with very... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 620 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...grow in profusion ; and so genial is the climate, mat myrtles and geraniums flourish in the open ground, and the more hardy species of the orange tree,... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...of them are yearly exported to England. Vegetables ore also excellent, and in great variety. Timber, with the exception of the elm tree, is not lofty,... | |
 | Samuel Lewis - 1831 - 568 pagine
...grown : there are chesnut and sycamore trees, but they are not numerous. Most kinds of European fruit grow in profusion; and so genial is the climate, that myrtles and geraniums flourish in the open air, and the more hardy species of orange-tree, the Seville, will bear fruit in winter with very little... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 524 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and ferule, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...grow in profusion ; and so genial is the climate, tliat myrtles and geraniums flourish in the open ground, and the more hardy species of the orange tree,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 618 pagine
...streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are much esteemed, yielding abundance of excellent...of them are yearly exported to England. Vegetables ait: also excellent, and in great variety. Timber, with the exception of the elm tree, is not lofty,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1859 - 414 pagine
...lofty; and the hedges are chiefly composed of stone, or furze sown on banks of turf. Most kinds of fruit grow in profusion ; and so genial is the climate,...geraniums flourish in the open ground, and even the orange-tree will fructify, with very little shelter in winter. The fig-tree attains great luxuriance,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 300 pagine
...height ; the hedges are chiefly composed of stone, or fur2e sown on banks of turf. Most kinds of fruit grow in profusion ; and so genial is the climate that...geraniums flourish in the open ground, and even the fruit of the orange-tree will attain perfection with very little shelter in winter. The fig-tree grows... | |
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This beautiful island is 9 miles in length and about 30 in circumference. It is abundantly watered, though, from its limited size, none of the streams are considerable. The soil throughout is rich and fertile, and yields very fine pasture. The cows are... 