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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biograhy, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860- Scientific American, inc
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American compiling dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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atic Turkey the winters are cold andhumid; in the sheltered valleys the climate iscomparatively uniform and warm temperate. Incertain parts of Syria and as far north as AsiaMinor, certain portions are subject part of theyear to excessive heat. The rainless season isfrom April to September, but the heavy dewsfurnish a large amount of moisture._ MountArarat, and the highest peaks of the Lebanonand the Taurus Mountains, are covered withsnow all the year. Flora and Forests.—Along the Adriatic coastare found fruits, flowers, and trees similar tothose which abound in southern Spain and Italy.The principal forest trees are pine, oak, ash,lime, and beech. The common fruit trees areapple, apricot, cherry, and pear. On the low-lands of Turkey in Europe, and on the lowerslopes of the mountains, are found a variety oievergreen trees; box, myrtle, palm, sycamore,and also walnut, almond, and carob trees. InAlbania there are large olive and orange groves,and the plum and the peach abound except in
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s n TURKEY the liigh allitudes. The grape-vine and the cit-ron llourish on the eastern and southern slopesand in the valleys. The roses from which thecelchratcd attar of roses* is distilled, grow inabundance on the plain of Adrianople. Manyof the flowering plants of Asiatic Turkey belongto the same families as those in European Tur-key, hut they differ in genera. The cedars ofLebanon still flourish, and on the lower slopesof nearly all the ranges are found cedar, cypress,and oak trees. On the plains are large groves ofmulberry and sycamore, and in the valleys aregrape-vines, groves of orange, olive, fig, pome-granate, and many nut-bearing trees. In Meso-potamia the date flourishes, and cotton, tobacco,and grains are easily cultivated. Some of theinterior plains are almost treeless, and a largeacreage is used for pasturage. Grasses, sage,wormwood, and broom grow on those plains.In Armenia there are extensive oak and chestnutforests. South of Armenia the grape-vine, lilac,and jasmine ar

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