A lecture on the geography of plants / By John Barton.

  • John Barton
Date:
1827
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Credit: A lecture on the geography of plants / By John Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SG The cultivation of the Olive is bounded to the north by a chain of mountains, extending, with few interruptions, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea. This tree is found in every part of Spain and Portugal; (with the exception of those districts too much elevated above the level of the sea;) it extends over that part of France south of the mountains of the Cevennes; over Italy, south of the Apennines; and Tur- key, south of the Haemus. A traveller from the north, crossing this chain of mountains for the first time, is surprised and delighted at the new aspect of vegetation. Gigantic plants of the Grass tribe * are seen rising to the height of twenty feet and upwards; the air is perfumed with the blossoms of the Orange and Lemon- tree; the Myrtle and Pomegranate grow wild among the rocks, with the various species of Cistus, that beautiful tribe of plants, which afford such a wonderful succession of flowers, opening every morning, and falling off before the close of the day. The American Aloe here blooms in the open air; the Chamcerops humilis affords the first specimen of the magnificent tropical family of Palms; and a few plants may be seen of the Date Palm of Africa, cultivated only indeed for ornament, since this tree does * Arundo donax.
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