Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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Page 48
... plants have been catalogued . The flora includes nearly all characteristic forms of the other . West Indies , the ... plants , Mr. Hill uses a report somewhat antiquated . Later estimates place the number as between five and six thousand ...
... plants have been catalogued . The flora includes nearly all characteristic forms of the other . West Indies , the ... plants , Mr. Hill uses a report somewhat antiquated . Later estimates place the number as between five and six thousand ...
Page 94
... planting would involve pushing all the houses ten or fifteen feet back from the roadside . I have never studied the system of town building in the island , yet it is presumable that there was some such system . In the larger places ...
... planting would involve pushing all the houses ten or fifteen feet back from the roadside . I have never studied the system of town building in the island , yet it is presumable that there was some such system . In the larger places ...
Page 203
... plants , trees , root crops , etc. It is found in and is producible from many growths . As a laboratory process , it is ... plant commonly known as sugar cane , and from the vegetable known as the sugar beet . The mechanical processes ...
... plants , trees , root crops , etc. It is found in and is producible from many growths . As a laboratory process , it is ... plant commonly known as sugar cane , and from the vegetable known as the sugar beet . The mechanical processes ...
Page 206
... plant appears in Hindu mythology . A certain prince expressed a desire to be translated to heaven during his lifetime , but Indra , the monarch of the celestial regions , refused to admit him . A famous Hindu hermit , Vishva Mitra ...
... plant appears in Hindu mythology . A certain prince expressed a desire to be translated to heaven during his lifetime , but Indra , the monarch of the celestial regions , refused to admit him . A famous Hindu hermit , Vishva Mitra ...
Page 207
... plant is said to have been introduced in Spain as early as the year 755. Its cultivation is said to have been a flourishing industry there in the year 1150 . Through China , it was early extended to Japan , Formosa , and the Philippines ...
... plant is said to have been introduced in Spain as early as the year 755. Its cultivation is said to have been a flourishing industry there in the year 1150 . Through China , it was early extended to Japan , Formosa , and the Philippines ...
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activities American appears army Baracoa beautiful became called Camaguey cane Cape Maisi cargo Century charm cigar coast coffee colonies Columbus commercial Constitution Cuba's Cuban declared eastern eastward enterprise expedition experience exports filibustering Guanajay harbor Hatuey Havana Province hills hundred immediately important independence industry interest island of Cuba Isle of Pines known land later laws less Liberal Maceo Marianao Marti Martinez Campos Matanzas Matanzas Province Maximo Gomez ment Mexico miles military Morro Nipe Bay notable Nuevitas O'Brien official old city operation organization Palma party Pinar del Rio plant plantations Platt Amendment political port Porto Rico Prado present President production railway reached regarded region Republic revolution sailed Santa Clara Santiago ship shore Spain Spaniards Spanish authorities steamer story streets sugar Tacon tion tobacco tons trade treaty United Vedado vessels vicinity Vuelta Abajo Weyler