Letters from FloridaD. Appleton, 1879 - 85 páginas |
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... climate so genial , for a large part of the year , that the most destitute , if willing to make an effort in their own behalf , have a chance for some relief , and often may secure comforts which they can not have in our Northern ...
... climate so genial , for a large part of the year , that the most destitute , if willing to make an effort in their own behalf , have a chance for some relief , and often may secure comforts which they can not have in our Northern ...
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... climate , the rapid growth of vegetation , the comparatively short time that must intervene before one begins to reap the fruit of well - directed industry , all conspire to cheer the spirits , to keep the courage alive , and to lighten ...
... climate , the rapid growth of vegetation , the comparatively short time that must intervene before one begins to reap the fruit of well - directed industry , all conspire to cheer the spirits , to keep the courage alive , and to lighten ...
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... climate , has not given his attention solely to orange - culture . He is testing the fertility and re- sources of Florida in every way that promises success and remuneration . He is raising sugar - cane , and mak- ing sugar and molasses ...
... climate , has not given his attention solely to orange - culture . He is testing the fertility and re- sources of Florida in every way that promises success and remuneration . He is raising sugar - cane , and mak- ing sugar and molasses ...
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... climate , aided by resolute , energetic , and practical labor , he has changed the wil- derness into the fertile garden which I see before me from the windows where I now write . But you must be told of Florida as you would find it were ...
... climate , aided by resolute , energetic , and practical labor , he has changed the wil- derness into the fertile garden which I see before me from the windows where I now write . But you must be told of Florida as you would find it were ...
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... climate disarmed the new life of all terrors . These are the right kind of men and women to make Florida all she can and should be . " But what about the sickly summers , the malarial fevers ? Is there nothing to be feared from this ...
... climate disarmed the new life of all terrors . These are the right kind of men and women to make Florida all she can and should be . " But what about the sickly summers , the malarial fevers ? Is there nothing to be feared from this ...
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551 BROADWAY abundant acres American Painters APPLETON attractive beautiful Beecher blackberries bring build cattle cleared climate Cloth comfortable home courage crops cultivation desire destroyed easily EIGHTY-THREE EXAMPLES English feeble flowers forest frost fruits Garden of Eden give graft grass guava hardships history of Florida I'ze industry John's John's River kind labor lady Lake land large number Letters from Florida lichens lovely lustrated luxury malarial fevers Mark's ment morning needed North Northern once orange orange-culture orange-groves orange-trees Palatka palmettoes piney wood pioneer plantation planted pleasure poor potatoes productive promise PUBLISHERS raised ready rejuvenated rich river Rollestown secure sensible settled sick sketches of fifty skill sour stumps South spring suffering sweet sweet potatoes things tion trees truth vegetables villages volume waste White Mountains wild wilderness winter wise woods York York Evening Post York Observer
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