"Fir tree" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ranges of fertile soil, clothed with every kind of fruit trees, such as the olive and orange; in the plains, vines, and chestnut trees; along the shore, the hazel and the oak; upon the sides and summits of the mountains, the larch and the fir tree, as in the Alps—every where were signs both of a land promising rich rewards to the laborer, and but few inhabitants. The expatriation was decided on; the young, ready to depart, married; proprietors ...
— The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 • Various
... see, says the tree was like a fir tree; and it is remarkable that a Chinese Pharmacology quoted by Bretschneider says the like, which looks as if their information came from a common source. And yet I think Polo's must have been oral. One of the meanings of Luban, from the Kamus, is Pinus (Freytag). This may have to ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa |
