 The datetrees that grow round the falls of the Nile will drink it in by their leaves ; the cedars of Lebanon will take of it to add to their stature ; the cocoa-nuts of Tahiti will grow rapidly upon it ; and the palms and bananas of Japan will change...  The Physical Geography of the Sea - Page 46by Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Asia - 1850 - 874 pages
...riper upon it, and the palms and bananas of Japan will change it into flowers." " The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago...rhododendrons of the Himalayas contributed to it, the roses and myrtles of Cashmfr, the cinnamon trees of Ceylon, and forests older than the flood, buried... | |
 | Agriculture - 1861 - 610 pages
...bananas of Japan, will change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some time ago by the magnolias of the Susquehanna ; and the great trees which skirt the Orinoco and the Amazon, the giant rhododendrons of the Himalayas, the roses of Cachmere,... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1861 - 926 pages
...Himalayas, contribute to it ; the roses and myrtles of Cashmere ; the cinnamon trees of Ceylon, and forests older than the flood, buried deep in the heart of Africa, far behind the mountains of the Moon. From this will be understood the use of the lungs, and the use of air pure and uncontaminated with... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...will grow riper upon it ; and the palms and bananas of Japan change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago...the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoko and the Amazon. The giant rhododendrons of ihe Himmalayahs contributed to it, the roses and... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...palms and bananas of Japan change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for as some short time ago by the magnolias of the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoko and the Amazon. The giant rhododendrons of the Himmalayahs contributed to it, the roses and... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...will grow riper upon it ; and the palms and bananas of Japan change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing, was distilled for us some short time ago...the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoko and the Amazon. The giant rhododendrons of the Himmalayahs contributed to it, the roses and... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1849 - 892 pages
...grow riper upon it; and the palms and bananas of Japan will change it into lowers. The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago...giant rhododendrons of the Himalayas contributed to t, the roses and myrtles of Cashmere, the cinnamon-trees jf Ceylon, and forests older than the flood,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1849 - 604 pages
...will grow riper upon it ; and the palms and bananas of Japan change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing, was distilled for us some short time ago...the Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoko and the Amazon. The giant rhododendrons of the Himalayas contributed to it, the roues and myrtles... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...rapidly upon it ; and the palms and bananas of Japan will change it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago by the magnolias of Susquehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Orinoco and theAmazon — the giant rhododendrons of... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson, William Shaw - Agriculture - 1866 - 838 pages
...cocoa-nuts of Tahiti, the palms and banana« of Japan will change it into flowers. The oxygen , we are breathing was distilled for us some short time ago...and the great trees that skirt the Orinoco and the Amu on : the giant rhododendrons of the Himalayas, the roeee of Cash mere, the cinnamon tree« of Ceylon,... | |
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