books.google.co.uk - For centuries the island gardens of Madeira were at the crossroads of the world: as a halfway house between the tropics and the old continent, Madeira received plants from far-flung empires and accommodated ideas from both north and south. Its streets and squares are filled with magnificent jacarandas,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Gardens_Of_Madeira.html?id=RuF3RA-4MwUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Gardens Of Madeira