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image of mountains in Great Salt Lake from Frederick Piercy, Route from Liverpool...,1855

Jul 24, 2019 An Excerpt from A New and Popular Pictorial Description of the United States

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"Wheat, oats, and barley, yield abundantly in the great valley. Melons and all the vines grow in perfection, as also do vegetables; while hopeful efforts are making to raise the olive, orange, lemon, pineapple, tea, coffee, &c." A New and Popular Pictorial Description of the United...

Jan 31, 2018 Book of the Week — Glasshouse

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“[Joseph] Banks reported in 1788 to the British East India Company that the climate in parts of northeast India was perfect for growing Camillia sinensis, the bush that produces tea leaves. The plant turned out to be indigenous to the Assam area, which eventually became...