Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 5: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present TimeExo'rtc, an appellation for the produce of foreign countries. Exotic plants are such as belong to a soil and climate entire ly difi'creut from the place where they are raised, and therefore can be preserved for the most part only in green-houses. Ex otic plants of the hot climates are very nu merens, and require the utmost attention of the gardener. Even if they can be brought to blossom, it is rare that they produce fruit, and still more rare that the seeds ripen. It is only by care and ac curate observation of their nature and wants, that some of them can be accli mated, or made to ¿ourish on. The foreign soil.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.