Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London, A. & C. Black · leaf 197
nd to it;this also was imported, probably accidentally, notmuch more than twenty years ago. The mostserious of all pests in the island, the tiny black 14 106 FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF MADEIRA ants, the despair of house-keepers, fruit-growersand gardeners alike, were also imported fromBrazil, and have… … CHAPTER X CREEPERS The year opens in Madeira with a wealth ofblossom, as in the month of January the bougain-villeas, for which Madeira is so justly famous, willbe in all their flaunting beauty. It is true that thelilac-coloured Bougainvillea glabra will have alreadyshed most of its blossoms, as it…
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