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The flowers and gardens of Madeira (1909)

Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 175

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d the vast amountof about 2,300 tons per annum. Different kinds of cane have been introduced, andif ^e cultivation is to be continued at the presentenormous extent, artificial manures will have to belargely employed to prevent the soil becoming ex-hausted. The cane—I may say luckily—cannot begi-own… … CHAPTER IX A RAMBLE ALONG THE COAST The vegetation along the seashore is naturally verydifferent to that at a higher altitude. Whereverit has been found possible, the ground has beenbi jught into cultivation, even up to a height of2,500 feet. Pressed by the ever-increasing popula-tion, and the…

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