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CONTENTS. 



Pag-e 



Cycad and Palm fronds . . 87 



Palms of La Mortola . . 87 



Bamboo 87 



Bamboo uses of, ... . 87 



Tabashir 90 



Rapid growth of the Bamboo 91 



Saccharuni 91 



Sugar Cane 92 



Sugar refiner}' 93 



Sugar, production of . . . 93 



Cane sugar 93 



Palazzo Orengo and the 



plants surrounding it . 94 



Pergola with climbers . . 96 



Cypresses of La Mortola . 97 

 Walk on the Strada nazionale 



to Mentone .... 98 

 Striking plants of Italian 



landscape 99 



Garavan lUl 



Stimvdants and luxuries from 



the vegetable world . . 102 



Tea 102 



Coffee 104 



Cocoa 107 



Cocain 110 



Cloves Ill 



Nutmeg 113 



Cinnamon 113 



Paf;e 



Pepper 114 



Ginger 114 



Rojitc de la Cor/n'chf . . . 115 



La Turbie 116 



Eza .117 



Nice 117 



C«/ d'Antihes 118 



Antipolis,thepresent Antibes 120 



Notre Dame de Bon-Port . 121 



Grand Hotel du Cap ... 121 



Cliffs of the Cap .... 122 



Maquis or Garigue . . . 123 



Plants of the Maquis . . 123 



Pointe de I'lslette .... 136 



Garden plants at the Hotel 136 



Aleppo and Maritime Pines 138 



Procession caterpillars . . 139 



Sea storm at Cap d'Antibes 140 



Road across the Cap . . 142 



Plower growing . . . . 142 



Eilen Rock 146 



Thuret Gardens .... 146 



Pine-wood at Golfe Jouan . 147 

 Walk to the lighthouse of 



Antilles 147 



Plants by the road-side . , 147 



View from the lighthouse . 148 



Sunset 149 



SECOND JOURNEY. 



Climatic conditions on the 



Riviera 151 



Hyhres 151 



Stoechades 153 



Former Orange cultivation 



at Hyeres 154 



Palms of Hyeres .... 156 



Old descriptions of Hyeres 157 



A/f,.,..-oKoi, tc;s 



