Letters from FloridaD. Appleton, 1879 - 85 páginas |
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... told of Florida as you would find it were you here the good and the bad - if you would gain a cor- rect impression of this strangely beautiful country . I have told you of my window - view . Now step out into the moonlight , as I have ...
... told of Florida as you would find it were you here the good and the bad - if you would gain a cor- rect impression of this strangely beautiful country . I have told you of my window - view . Now step out into the moonlight , as I have ...
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... told of seems preposterous . I should pre- fer to grub up such unsightly objects , plant a young grove , and possess my soul in patience till they came to maturity . " That , begging your pardon , proves your ignorance as regards orange ...
... told of seems preposterous . I should pre- fer to grub up such unsightly objects , plant a young grove , and possess my soul in patience till they came to maturity . " That , begging your pardon , proves your ignorance as regards orange ...
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... told you what improvements a sick and feeble old man had wrought in a few years on an old and miser- ably dilapidated plantation , and will now attempt to ex- plain what younger and more robust men can do in new lands , when undaunted ...
... told you what improvements a sick and feeble old man had wrought in a few years on an old and miser- ably dilapidated plantation , and will now attempt to ex- plain what younger and more robust men can do in new lands , when undaunted ...
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... told what a luxury it is when properly dried or preserved . The guava is also a rapid grower , and the fresh fruit , I am told , is very fine . The jelly 50 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
... told what a luxury it is when properly dried or preserved . The guava is also a rapid grower , and the fresh fruit , I am told , is very fine . The jelly 50 LETTERS FROM FLORIDA .
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Mrs. H. W. Beecher. I am told , is very fine . The jelly and marmalade made from the guava needs no endorsement . Strawberries , if well cared for , are to be had from early winter till late spring , or , indeed , into summer ...
Mrs. H. W. Beecher. I am told , is very fine . The jelly and marmalade made from the guava needs no endorsement . Strawberries , if well cared for , are to be had from early winter till late spring , or , indeed , into summer ...
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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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