Littell's Living Age, Volume 20Living Age Company Incorporated, 1849 |
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Page 77
... island until about twenty years ago . In the year 1818 , an individual from the neighboring island of Bourbon , on a visit to Paris , saw a va- nilla plant at the Jardin du Roi . Astonished at its growing in so unnatural a climate , he ...
... island until about twenty years ago . In the year 1818 , an individual from the neighboring island of Bourbon , on a visit to Paris , saw a va- nilla plant at the Jardin du Roi . Astonished at its growing in so unnatural a climate , he ...
Page 78
... island . Two Chinese acquainted with the manufacture of tea were brought from Canton , and the first plantation of 5000 square yards has realized every expectation . Samples have been sent to England , and approved as marketable ; and ...
... island . Two Chinese acquainted with the manufacture of tea were brought from Canton , and the first plantation of 5000 square yards has realized every expectation . Samples have been sent to England , and approved as marketable ; and ...
Page 111
... island , called the Upas tree , ( Antiaris Toxicaria , ) that monstrous fable has been concocted , to which Darwin ... island , as in the case of a barrier reef , but also where there is none , as in that of the Atoll or la- goon island ...
... island , called the Upas tree , ( Antiaris Toxicaria , ) that monstrous fable has been concocted , to which Darwin ... island , as in the case of a barrier reef , but also where there is none , as in that of the Atoll or la- goon island ...
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