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Title: Advanced Geography
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Alexis Everett Frye
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Publisher: Ginn & Company
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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belt are very Jrich in spices. ^^P(There are found \vv;the sweet-scentedkernels of nutmeg,the biting flower budsof the clove, the fra-grant bark of the cin-namon, the hot root-stock of the ginger, and thestinging dried berries of thepepper. This belt supplies theworld with coffee. Amongthe other chief products are cotton,sugar cane, riceand the opiumpoppy.
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The vege-■/jJj -NJ tation of theW -^V hot belt sur- ^m^&imlmmVm 7 passes m va- riety and density I that of any otherS»* belt. In places thetrees grow in denseasses, with long vines■•^S^-w £-VvKaN weaving networks among theiBic*/ branches. Many orchids of rich color and beautiful shape growin the forests. There are also tree ferns, huge lilies and count-less other plants winch we can see only in hothouses. The thick foliage shuts out the drying sunshine from the landsin many parts of the hot belt. The rainfall being heavy, theseJjmmon in sou*., very wet and therefore unhealthful for whitethe tower of the Old Nortn .the beautiful Trinity Church, Be I PLANTS OF THE WARM BELTS. 109 96. Plants of the Warm Belts. What lands are in the northern warm belt? What lands are inthe southern warm belt ? ■ See map on page 21.What are the seasons in these belts ? The plants of the warm belts resemble those in thehot belt. Most of the trees are evergreens,that is, they do not shed theirl

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