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 in the south and in Africa it is stopped by too much heat.

It does not grow well on low and wet lands, but it succeeds perfectly on mountains as well as on hills, and even amidst rocks, provided there is but little soil; indeed, on places where there seems to be scarcely anything but stones.

What gives it still a greater value is that where it grows best other annual products are impracticable.

p. 13.: The olive tree is capable of enhancing the value of a soil naturally poor to a figure ranging from twelve to fifteen thousand francs per hectare. (Equal here to about $1,000 to $1,200 per acre.)

p. 42.: In France the finest and most productive olive trees are to be found in the neighborhood of the city of Grasse, and they are mostly always planted on steep and rugged hills.

p. 133.: The olive tree grows to perfection on dry lands, and in climates where often not a drop of rain falls for six and eight months.

Reynaud. p. 34. How much waste land could be utilized in the cultivation of the olive tree, which is so little exacting that it seems to be contented with a few baskets full of earth! In fact, where is the tree that, like it, would grow on arid, rocky spots, and without water? And then, it requires so little care, such slight cultivation, so little fertilizing!

p. 67.: The olive tree prefers hills and