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Гарриет Бичер-Стоу. Palmetto-Leaves
Palmetto-Leaves
Table of Contents
NOBODY'S DOG
A FLOWERY JANUARY IN FLORIDA
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TAPESTRY
A LETTER TO THE GIRLS
A WATER-COACH, AND A RIDE IN IT
PICNICKING UP JULINGTON
MAGNOLIA
YELLOW JESSAMINES
"FLORIDA FOR INVALIDS."
SWAMPS AND ORANGE-TREES
LETTER-WRITING
MAGNOLIA WEEK
BUYING LAND IN FLORIDA
OUR EXPERIENCE IN CROPS
MAY IN FLORIDA
ST. AUGUSTINE
OUR NEIGHBOR OVER THE WAY
THE GRAND TOUR UP RIVER
OLD CUDJO AND THE ANGEL
THE LABORERS OF THE SOUTH
Отрывок из книги
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Published by Good Press, 2019
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But this large orange-tree, and many larger than this, which are parts of one orchard, are comparatively recent growths. In 1835, every one of them was killed even with the ground. Then they started up with the genuine pluck of a true-born orange-tree, which never says die, and began to grow again. Nobody pruned them, or helped them, or cared much about them any way; and you can see trees that have grown up in four, five, and six trunks—just as the suckers sprung up from the roots. Then, when they had made some progress, came the orange-insect, and nearly killed them down again. The owners of the land, discouraged, broke down the fences, and moved off; and for a while the land was left an open common, where wild cattle browsed, and rubbed themselves on the trees. But still, in spite of all, they have held on their way rejoicing, till now they are the beautiful creatures they are. Truly we may call them trees of the Lord, full of sap and greenness; full of lessons of perseverance to us who get frosted down and cut off, time and time again, in our lives. Let us hope in the Lord, and be up and at it again.
It is certainly quite necessary to have some such example before our eyes in struggling to found a colony here. We had such a hard time getting our church and schoolhouse!—for in these primitive regions one building must do for both. There were infinite negotiations and cases to go through before a site could be bought with a clear title; and the Freedman's Bureau would put us up a building where school could be taught on week-days, and worship held on Sundays: but at last it was done; and a neat, pleasant little place it was.
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