| 单词 | date palm |
| 例句 | He wandered for a while, keeping the date palms of the oasis within sight. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There, in front of him, where the small stars had been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretching across the entire desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy looked around him at the date palms. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Yesterday, the camel’s groan signaled danger, and now a row of date palms could herald a miracle. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy listened to the sound of her voice, and thought it to be more beautiful than the sound of the wind in the date palms. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the vision of the date palms would someday be just a memory, right now it signified shade, water, and a refuge from the war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He always enjoyed seeing the happiness that the travelers experienced when, after weeks of yellow sand and blue sky, they first saw the green of the date palms. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Footpaths wound past date palms, jasmine and frangipani; a swimming pool extended toward an artificial lake clotted with hyacinths. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z Set in an oasis of date palms, this former Roman outpost and caravan hub is awash in Saharan culture, from traditional souks to a zoo of desert animals. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z We clipped our carabiners to a safety line as the balloon descended to a few hundred feet, and sailed toward a date palm plantation owned by Sheikh Butti. In Dubai, Flying With the Falcons 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Ancient Egyptians adorned their homes with green date palm leaves; Romans observed Saturnalia by surrounding themselves with evergreen boughs; and the pre-Christian Druids hung mistletoe. The journey from seed to harvested Christmas tree is a long, winding road 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z His 450 date palms are planted in precisely measured rows: their huge spreading leaves form a canopy of shade that shelters the citrus, fig and pomegranate trees underneath. During Ramadan, Dates Are a Unifying Staple 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z From the walk in, the view isn’t mountain ranges and date palms but a working waterfront and the spires of new hotels and modernist museums. Live: Primavera Sound shines on the global festival circuit 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Fences with signs warning of sinkholes line much of the western coast, whose dry brown expanse is also dotted with abandoned date palm groves, closed roads, and shuttered buildings, including a defunct gas station. The Otherworldly Beauty of a Dying Sea 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Decades later, the marketing gimmick wore off but the date palms and the agricultural workers remained, Mecca persisting as a home to thousands of people. Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The Scott Florida Garden is notable for its bougainvillea and a date palm with a triple trunk. 6 Great Gardens to Visit in Florida 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The straight lanes between the houses are lined with frangipani, bougainvillea, coconut and date palms, and banana trees thick with fruit. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, is also a leading producer of dates and the area around Buraidah is known for its large swathes of date palm trees. Saudi Arabia's 'date city' hosts annual festival dedicated to delicacy 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But it was still fun to scramble over the ruins sinking back in the date palms, with no sounds but the distant pounding of a resident building a new cinder block home. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The course, flanked by date palms, is not for the faint of heart or weak of drive; the elevation means even the sweetest shot won’t carry. Journeys: Death Valley: Three Million Acres of Weird 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z They planted date palms and fabricated an identity that was essentially a caricature of the Middle East, complete with genie costumes and Bedouin tents, to draw tourists. Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z ALEPPO, Syria — At first glance it seems an unremarkable scene: a quiet plaza shaded by date palms in the shadow of this city’s immense medieval Citadel, newly restored to its looming power. Critic?s Notebook: Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria 2010-12-26T22:35:14Z Still, Sukkot is a joyous occasion, one that is centered on four plant species: the myrtle, willow, citron and date palm, whose frond is known as the lulav. Jews need the rare etrog fruit for Sukkot. That's where a Presbyterian family comes in 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Village homes face date palms groves and the fields are green with clover, corn and other grains. They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Near her grave, she would sit and pray under the date palm and among the flowering plants, a few hours of peace in Cairo ’s historic City of the Dead. Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt’s government reshapes the city 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The home, which Ramirez shares with her mother, husband and four children, sits on the side of a main road, near a gas station, under the partial shade of a pair of date palms. 113 degrees at work, failing AC at home: Farmworkers can’t escape life-threatening heat 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The viewer stops at a village where they are boiling the sap of date palms to make toddy, a local brew. Benodebehari Mukherjee: Blind Indian painter's forgotten scroll found after 100 years 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Buddhist monks attended an interfaith gathering in the kingdom last year, and Jewish visitors recently planted date palm trees in Medina, Islam’s second holiest city. Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Christians. 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The introduction of the date palm also helped make systematic long-distance trade possible. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Although trans-Saharan trade was growing at this time, it was not yet full-time work, so these groups remained largely nomadic pastoralists, harvesting date palms and grazing their flocks and herds at oases. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The suburb of Dora, on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, had traditionally been a mix of residential, industrial and agricultural land, dotted with huge date palm groves and citrus orchards. Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z A two-hour drive from the Qatari border, the region appears on Google Maps as a dark green splotch in a sea of beige, with millions of date palm trees. Qatar’s World Cup Showcases New Ties With Saudi Arabia, but Scars Remain 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Fragrant date palms, first grown by Arabs who arrived in the seventh century, freckle stretches of arable land hemmed in by sand dunes. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The fruit of the date palm is high in sugar, a natural preservative, and when dried it provided a high-calorie, easily transportable food supply to fortify traders on long journeys. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The drying soil has contributed to the deaths of an estimated two-thirds of Morocco’s 14 million date palms in the past century. A journey through Morocco’s vanishing oases In Adhamiya, one of Baghdad’s oldest neighborhoods, one longtime resident, Nofa Abbas, walked in what was left of her family’s garden, pointing out pink jasmine, lilies, pomegranate, date palm and magnolia trees. Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z In California’s Eastern Coachella Valley, some of the state’s poorest workers toil in fields and groves of date palms. When There’s Arsenic in the Water, but ‘We Have Nowhere to Go’ 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Above the pristine pools, date palms sway in the breeze, and the rocky white cliff sides of the Hajar Mountains reveal canyons and caves; if you hike into them, you can see shimmering waterfalls. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Learn about conservation efforts from the Chesapeake Bay to the savannas of Kenya, or try weaving a sculpture with date palms. Plan your summer with this guide to D.C.’s festivals and events 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Afterward, I walked along empty streets with my head full of deserts and burning date palms, vast ships, monstrous sandworms and a sense of wonderment that the book’s visions had been so exquisitely realized. The Man Who Finally Made a ‘Dune’ That Fans Will Love 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Many of the sick patients had consumed date palm sap that had been collected in the same pot, sold by the same vendor. How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for coronavirus’s origins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The focus of the family, of course, is on the 1,000-plus date palms — ranging in height from 30 to 60 feet — and the fruit that is praised by chefs and customers across Southern California. This is what's behind the success of the Bautista Family Organic Date Ranch 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Most of the birds favored one of the live palms — but a few roosted in a neighboring date palm tower created by Valmont Larson. Why do cell towers in L.A. look like fake trees? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Inside his store, covered in wallpaper featuring date palms, Fejleh recited a Quran passage in Arabic from memory: During Ramadan, every night is a 'date' night 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z That included the basket and a cache of rare coins from the days of the Bar Kokhba revolt, minted with Jewish symbols such as a harp and date palms. Israel Reveals Newly Discovered Fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z As research using infrared cameras would later confirm, bats lapped up the sugary liquid — and shed Nipah — as it flowed into date palm sap collection pots. How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for coronavirus’s origins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z There, picnic in Olympic Forest, surrounded by Egyptian date palms and Greek sweet bay trees. 14 very L.A. ways to celebrate Valentine's Day in a pandemic 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The lush display includes dozens of bright Cymbidium and Lady Slipper orchids alongside calla lilies, flowering jasmine, eucalyptus and date palms. Massachusetts’ vaccination program ramps up after storm 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Outbreaks in Bangladesh and India were probably linked to drinking date palm juice. Pharmaceutical giants not ready for next pandemic, report warns 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Hundreds of uprooted date palms lay in piles. Egypt cuts highways across pyramids plateau, alarming conservationists 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Nipah infects humans in one part of the country more than others, even though date palm sap consumption is widespread. How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for coronavirus’s origins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z When inadequate forest resources led Pteropus fruit bats in Bangladesh to visit date palm trees, people unwittingly drank Nipah virus along with their customary raw date palm sap. Bats Are Not Our Enemies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Sprinklers spray the turf, which is surrounded by verdant flower beds, and date palms ring artificial lakes filled with carp and topped off with several fountains. 'It'll cause a water war': divisions run deep as filling of Nile dam nears 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But if a revolution now runs this city of date palms and weathered shopping centers, it’s one that’s a work in progress. The Coachellanos who turned their hometown into a must-visit stop in the 2020 primary 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z In 2001, Nipah virus emerged in India, causing an estimated 66 cases and 45 deaths after people unknowingly drank contaminated raw date palm sap. Bats’ unique immune systems make them stealthy reservoirs for viruses 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Six seeds germinated and sprouted into seedlings that would eventually become date palms. Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The team found that ancient date seeds are larger than those of both modern cultivated date palms and wild plants. Scientists in Israel grow date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The China Ranch Date Farm, a small, family-run operation, is an oasis of greenery — cottonwood and willow trees and, of course, date palms abound — in the vast, inhospitable Mojave Desert. Want to enjoy Las Vegas even more? Get out of town--on a day trip 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The date palm tree flowers across the Middle East and north Africa, with every date-producing region fiercely proud of its crop. Sugar rush: how dates went from rare luxury to healthfood sensation 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z A thick row of date palms seem unfazed by the fire, except for a few with scorched trunks. One year later: Homeowners share lessons learned from the deadly Woolsey Fire 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z That may be enough for ancient DNA analysis, but not to grow a living date palm plant. Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s impossible to spend a day here and not comprehend how skilled labor is valued relative to Italian marble or Canary Island date palms. She feeds Bel-Air's mega-mansion boom. But lunch is a battlefield 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Their nights are spent in an abandoned Soviet holiday resort, surrounded by date palms and decaying mosaics of Lenin. In breakaway Abkhazia, a loophole for North Korean workers amid beaches and Soviet relics 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Dark-green date palms stand out against the sprawling desert that descends sharply from the hills of Jerusalem to the Jordan River. Palestinians on annexation plan: ‘We are already destroyed’ 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z “The date palms have lots of moisture,” he says. One year later: Homeowners share lessons learned from the deadly Woolsey Fire 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Historical photos show ponds flanked by thick clusters of reeds and squat date palms. A land without water: the scramble to stop Jordan from running dry 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Some worry it will migrate to California and Arizona, infecting date palms and damaging that fruit crop. Florida’s iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z "Deem and I were chatting about something else," says Yu, who has sequenced the genomes of humans, rice, silkworms, and date palms. The untold story of the ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Blink and you miss the line where lush date palms and cotton plants become desert sand. New cities in the sand: inside Egypt’s dream to conquer the desert 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z One register shows clusters of dates being harvested by loincloth-clad agricultural workers while another shows a row of wells and date palms, she explains. 1,600-year-old Biblical mosaic discovered in Israel, sheds light on ancient Judaism 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z We sat in a lush garden of olives and date palms. In Search of Ancient Morocco 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z “A house with a date palm will never starve” goes an old Arabic proverb. Review: Michael Rakowitz remakes looted Iraqi antiquities with a modern message 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z With its date palms and dozens of Wahabi mosques, a hardline branch of Islam, it is known as a Saudi Arabia-on-sea, according to Hilmy Ahamed, the vice president of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka. Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri... 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The show takes its title from a Sumerian tale in which a king plants a tamarisk and a date palm in his courtyard and the two trees argue their merits with each other. Datebook: L.A. artist Brian Rea renders patterns in words at CMay Gallery 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z After outbreaks of Nipah virus killed scores of people in Bangladesh over the past decade or so, scientists discovered that humans were getting infected from drinking virus-infected date palm sap. These bats carry a virus as deadly as Ebola, and scientists are tracking them to try to stop its spread 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Actually he made two separate batters: one plain for himself and my grandmother, and one with added jaggery — a rich, butterscotch-like sugar made from date palms or sugar cane — for my father. A Superior Pancake 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It also boasts 2.5 million date palms, gardens, canals, springs, wells, a drainage lake, historical buildings and archaeological sites. Mumbai art deco buildings make Unesco list 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z When the hot desert wind blows through the valley, through the date palms and up into Coachella, the sea’s stench is undeniable. As California’s largest lake dries up, it threatens nearby communities with clouds of toxic dust 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z A small spa looks onto a magical pond and date palm garden. TRAVEL: Death Valley luxury outside Las Vegas 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The arena’s steel-and-mesh exterior resembles the fronds of Iraq’s national tree — the date palm — and its futuristic facade dominates an urban landscape populated with crumbling, low-slung mud-brick homes. Iraq and Saudi Arabia Come Together Just for Kicks 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Other ingredients include date palm, cardamom, vanilla and black pepper. 4 delicious ways to add turmeric to your lifestyle 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z All other species, from the exuberant, feather-topped Canary Island date palm to the more austere, svelte Mexican fan palm, are imports. Los Angeles' legendary palm trees are dying – and few will be replaced 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In the 20th century, the Canary Island date palm was a symbol of status, Farmer said. L.A.’s palm trees are dying and it’s changing the city’s famous skyline 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z He's slumped in the shade under a date palm, shovelling falafel into his mouth. The joy of a Christian-Muslim wedding among Egypt's Nubians - BBC News 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Naresh Sharma, a cook on a site in Greater Noida, said workers were sometimes issued pieces of jaggery, a concoction of sugarcane and date palm believed to clear the throat and lungs. Delhi's deadly dust: how construction sites are choking the city 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z In Bangladesh, the outbreaks occur because of the traditional drinking of palm wine, a delicacy made from date palm sap. Nipah: fearsome virus that caught the medical and scientific world off-guard 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Last week in Bonita, college scientists, members of the date palm industry, and San Diego County’s agricultural department held a symposium to talk about the threat. California Today: An Invasive Beetle Threatens State’s Southern Palm Trees 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, Fusarium fungus started suffocating the Canary Island date palms that form Avenue of the Palms in Elysian Park near Dodger Stadium. L.A.’s palm trees are dying and it’s changing the city’s famous skyline 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Troops backed by armored cars were later seen marching inside a date palm grove. Iraq PM says key base taken back from Islamic State 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z At a farmhouse surrounding by towering date palms, Mohamed El Ghatani, a farmer, told of how he learned that his 16-year-old nephew, Amir, drowned on his way to Europe last month. Facebook Envy Lures Egyptian Teenagers to Europe and the Migrant Life 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Like many Eritreans, she enjoys evening strolls along the city's wide avenues, lined with date palms. Has Eritrea's migration problem been exaggerated? - BBC News 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z That spells trouble for their favorite meal, the Canary Island date palms that have been one of the region’s most enduring symbols. California Today: An Invasive Beetle Threatens State’s Southern Palm Trees 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Young Chilean wine palms were planted between each 50-foot date palm. L.A.’s palm trees are dying and it’s changing the city’s famous skyline 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Some parts of the extended battlefield are lush with date palm trees and almost bucolic, familiar to anyone who watched television images of American Marines fighting over the same territory more than a decade ago. On Falluja Battlefield, Entrenched Fighting and Fears 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the second bombing, which targeted an army convoy in Arab al-Jabour, an area of date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts. At least 12 dead in two Baghdad car bomb attacks: sources 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z This colorful beetle is a major pest for date palms. The Bug-Eyed, Colorful World of Insect Vision 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z On a recent evening, footpaths snaking between restaurants and coffee shops filled with children playing and riding bicycles, while families picnicked under date palms. Saudis Turn Birthplace of Wahhabism Ideology Into Tourist Spot 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The Canary Island date palm has suffered the most. L.A.’s palm trees are dying and it’s changing the city’s famous skyline 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z For anyone visiting, however, the key reason for the site's prosperity is immediately apparent: ancient Palmyra sits at the edge of an oasis of date palms and gardens. Palmyra: IS threat to 'Venice of the Sands' - BBC News 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The 15 miles of hiking trails just minutes from the heart of downtown Palm Springs are a microcosm of the area's landscape -- rocky gorges, barren desert, date palms and cactus. Louis Vuitton knows what's hot in Palm Springs; check out suggested itinerary 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z This colorful beetle is a major pest for date palms. The Bug-Eyed, Colorful World of Insect Vision 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Beyond a private, gated entrance and up a sweeping coral staircase flanked by potted date palms is the five-bedroom five-and-a-half-bath vacation villa named Castaway. Real Estate in the Turks and Caicos Islands 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z It has no natural enemies in California or Mexico, where it has killed hundreds of Canary Island date palms. L.A.’s palm trees are dying and it’s changing the city’s famous skyline 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Today the nearly 7-acre grounds of the property include a variety of trees: royal and Canary date palms, royal poincianas, mahogany, oak, and gumbo limbo, as well as one large banyan tree. Miami's New Most Expensive Listing: $65 Million 'La Brisa' On Biscayne Bay 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Following the primitive instructions, we bound a single date palm branch to two willow branches and three myrtle branches. The magic of Sukkot This colorful beetle is a major pest for date palms. The Bug-Eyed, Colorful World of Insect Vision 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Among its date palms, the U.S. military launched one of its first counterinsurgency efforts against Sunni extremists in 2003. In Iraqi town of Thuluyah, the Islamic State has no friends Every night is a night of fear in the house of the date palms, a luxurious villa in the western suburbs of Tripoli. Tripoli residents face dilemma after Libya Dawn take control of capital 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z For example, in the mid-2000s in Bangladesh an illness caused by Nipah virus infection spread among locals by way of date palm sap that had been contaminated by infected bats. The U.S. Is Sitting on Promising Ebola Vaccines Hassan grabbed his family and bolted into a nearby field of date palms. Shiite villagers describe ‘massacre’ in northern Iraq Decades before people transformed this desert landscape with golf courses and swimming pools, they planted rows and rows of date palm trees. School’s Arab Mascot Draws Fire in California Valley That Prizes Dates 2014-02-18T02:47:26Z It was adopted in the 1930s to honor the local date-growing industry since date palms are associated with the Middle East. Changes weighed for California high school's Arab mascot 2013-11-20T00:48:09Z If they leave too, the house, which has elegant carefully-tended date palms in the small courtyard, will likely be broken into and robbed. Tripoli residents face dilemma after Libya Dawn take control of capital 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The date palm sap was an essential component of the local culture, trade and diet. The U.S. Is Sitting on Promising Ebola Vaccines The date palm is associated with the Middle East. NYC’s disaster plan for Sandy failed to protect all; Fla. court rules in favor of egg donor 2013-11-08T01:38:28Z The infected bat was in an abandoned house in a date palm orchard in Bisha, a small Saudi Arabian city. Mystery Virus That’s Killed 47 Is Tied to Bats in Saudi Arabia 2013-08-22T01:22:03Z Although the oil palm accumulates markedly higher TAG than the date palm, the number of genes involved in TAG biosynthesis is notably similar in both palms. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z The ancestors of oil palms split off from date palms about 70 million years ago. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z Every night, sap salesmen would tap the date palm trees and allow the sap to collect in a pot overnight; in the morning, they would collect it and then sell it door to door. The U.S. Is Sitting on Promising Ebola Vaccines But another study, done in Bangladesh by a colleague of Dr. Daszak, showed that humans get Nipah directly from bats by drinking fresh date palm sap. News Analysis: New Tools to Hunt New Viruses 2013-05-27T17:36:11Z Gray-green date palm orchards lap at the city walls; beyond them a jagged red rock massif looms, tinting the horizon a dusty rose. Saudi Arabia to Tourists: We Are Just Not That Into You 2013-03-22T05:35:26Z You do not have to be a pilgrim to enjoy sitting in the shade of flowering jacaranda trees and date palms, contemplating the origins of Christianity on the shores of Galilee. The Church of Scotland's boutique hotel 2012-10-31T00:44:56Z After the evening's traditional iftar meal, I am served tea under a date palm tree with a leader of the Sawarka, one of the Sinai Bedouin tribes. Fighting extremism in Egypt's Sinai 2012-08-10T12:40:11Z In Bangladesh, where Nipah broke out several times, the disease was traced to bats that were raiding containers that collected date palm sap, which people drank. News Analysis: Destroying Nature Unleashes Infectious Diseases 2012-07-14T22:37:13Z She is like the little moon when it first peeps above the date palms. Six One-Act Plays 2012-03-26T02:00:36.910Z Most of the people live in huts constructed of the branches and leaves of the date palm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z From both its Persian and Turkish shores, however, mountains have disappeared, and dark forests of date palms intersected by canals fringe its margin heavily, and extend to some distance inland. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z All parts of the date palm yield valuable economic products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Three thousand years before the shepherds followed the star to the manger at Bethlehem, the beautiful date palm was cultivated beside the banks of the Euphrates and the Nile rivers. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z All kinds of trees grow well, from the date palm to the oak; and there are over 200,000 wild olives in the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Sago and date palms grew near the narrow road. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Much wheat was exported last year, and there is a brisk demand for river lands on leases of sixty years for the cultivation of cotton, cereals, sugar-cane, and date palms. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The uses of the other parts and products of this tree are the same as those of the date palm products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Here are wells and springs, with little streams flowing in the shade of fig, date palm, and other trees. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z On terraces, 6,000 and 7,000 feet high, all the vegetables and fruits of Europe grow; in the south, sugar cane and date palm. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z TRIPOLI, Libya — Sometimes the young fighters gather under a date palm next to the empty swimming pool to joke and strum the guitar. Tripoli Journal: Ex-Rebels Settle In at Qaddafi Playground 2011-12-28T03:38:39Z These people have a language of their own; they go without clothes, and only cover their nakedness with cotton cloths and skins: they have many cows and sheep, and date palms. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z The green surface was varied by patches of mimosa scrub and groves of acacias and date palms. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Like the cocoanut palm, the date palm rises to a great height, sometimes fifty or sixty feet, without branches. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Guiana cocoa, bread-fruit, arrow-root, bananas, yams, oil, and date palm are among the products; but the principal source of food is manioc. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It is a moderately tall species, and closely resembles, in general habit, the date palm. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z European poets, whose knowledge of the date palm is not founded on personal observation, often describe its trunk as not only slender, but particularly straight. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z George and his companions accomplished the difficult descent successfully, clinging to the baboon ropes,—as a species of long trailer is called, and swarming down the date palms, all in profound silence. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Although there are lovely date palm trees on the grounds of many California homes, few of them bear fruit. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z To the north of this line the date palm grows and produces fruit, which only ripens occasionally, and its quality deteriorates as the temperature falls below 69°. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The date palm of commerce, once confined to the tropical deserts of Asia Minor and North Africa, has been successfully established by the Government in hot, dry localities of the Southwest. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z This tree, which occurs also as a religious symbol on Etruscan remains, and was abbreviated by the Greeks into a familiar ornament of their temple architecture, was the date palm, Phœnix dactylifera. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z It occupies the site of the Tacape of the Romans and consists of an open port and European quarter and several small Arab towns built in an oasis of date palms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z If an ordinary tree is frost-bitten, it recovers and soon puts out a new growth; but if the crown of the date palm be frozen, the tree dies. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z The date palm therefore affords a test of variations in mean annual temperature of three grades between 62° and 69°. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z All palms are not of the same variety, but the date palm is the one specially noted for its sweet fruit. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z The first part of Persis which lies along the Persian Gulf is hot, sandy and barren and only the date palm thrives there. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Spent water irrigates date palms and alfalfa, as well as greenhouse plants. Hidden Water Holds the Key to a Changing Desert 2011-04-28T15:02:00Z How would you like to try to climb a date palm tree? How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z Hence at Benghazi, on the north African coast, the date palm is fertile, but produces fruit of poor quality. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z In the orient, where the date palm thrives the best, it is astonishing the quantity of delicious fruit it bears. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z "We are working now to change the date palm map, and to produce the species the world wants," Dulaimi said. Iraq tries to revive ailing date industry 2011-04-28T08:03:39Z Doves still called softly from the dusty fronds of date palms and flies still drifted over from the nearby stables. Just a mirage 2011-04-16T11:01:20Z Bangladeshis like drinking date palm sap, which is gathered “in a way similar to maple syrup collection,” said Dr. Jonathan H. Epstein, a veterinarian with the EcoHealth Alliance, which is helping Bangladesh track the virus. Global Update: Bangladesh Bans Sale of Palm Sap After an Unusually Lethal Oubreak 2011-03-21T22:30:35Z Pictures of King Abdullah abound in the town, the outskirts of which are dotted with date palms. Saudi Shi'ite protests simmer as Bahrain conflict rages 2011-03-21T09:19:36Z There may be found the date palm in cultivation, together with other fruits and some grains. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It was said that 30 million date palms lined the rivers from the north to the Persian Gulf. At War: Praying for Rain in Iraq 2010-12-16T01:46:29Z “It was a very small place, and filled with date palms,” he said in an interview at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, Israel, where he is the research director. Kifl Journal: Crossroads of Antiquity Can?t Decide on New Path 2010-10-20T02:29:00Z The target was 200 yards away, a two-story white stucco house at the end of a gravel road lined with date palms. In Samarra, a Fruitless Raid 2010-08-31T21:56:00Z The wind was leaning into the date palms. Téa Obreht: “Blue Water Djinn.” 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z There are, however, large oases, covered with date palms. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Trees are rare, and almost restricted to Pistacia, Celtis and Dodonaea, with poplars, and the date palm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The date palm fruits well; figs grow luxuriantly, though requiring much irrigation; almonds do well if protected from spring frosts; sea-island cotton grows in the finest grades, but is not of commercial importance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Over large parts of these regions the date palm flourishes and affords a valuable article of food. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli They have usually a short trunk, sometimes nearly hemispherical, with leaves like the long leaves of a date palm. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The date palm, sycamore, acacia, and tamarisk are some of the trees peculiar to its climate. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z On most of the islands coco-nut and date palms, tamarinds and bananas may be seen; orchil is gathered; and indigo and castor-oil are produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Straw thatched huts, shaded by clusters of date palms, gave a picturesque appearance to the shores, and the tropical growth grew richer and more dense as we approached Calcutta. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 Gum-producing acacias are, with the date palm, the commonest trees in Arabia. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The principal fruit trees were the date palm, useful also for its wood and fibre, the pomegranate, fig and fig-sycamore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Another curious custom prevails at the season when the sap begins to ascend in the date palm. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The chief grain crops are durra and barley, and date palms are extensively cultivated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The main portion of this grove consisted of date palms. The Scarlet Banner The native varieties of date palm are not of high quality. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products A miniature Eden indeed, thought Colonel Glinka, of figs and cinnamons, of date palms and patchouli, all enclosed within a high wire fence. Pastoral Affair Cultivation of the soil is simply impossible, except in the shade of the date palms. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Among them are talipots, palmyras, cocoanuts, the slender areca, the date palm, and the fan palm, already described, spreading out its broad leaves like a peacock's tail. The Pearl of India Then, you come to a walled spring where date palms shade the ground. Through Our Unknown Southwest He thrusts his staff into the ground; whereupon it sprouts into a date palm, and thousands are converted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Little islands dotted the surface, covered with rushes and date palms, the wild plum, and the babul—all growing thickly together. Banked Fires In the distance, above the mud hovels of the fellahs towered, like plumes of feathers, the crowns of date palms. In Desert and Wilderness The cocoanut palm is to the natives of Ceylon what the date palm is to the Arabs of the desert. The Pearl of India His ranch showed far below him when he stopped, but the green of date palms had vanished under the last great sweep of rocks. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Potatoes, strawberries, pears, peaches and melons, from temperate climates; and citrus fruits, sorghum grains and date palms from subtropical regions, give some idea of the range of crops possible here. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer Groups of sycamore and mimosa trees, set off by clumps of date palms, brought out the soft tones of the walls by the contrast of their rich verdure. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt In my compound in South India, for a quarter of a century, a date palm tree grew and flourished. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ These consist of three platforms, each equipped with two upright posts of date palm trunks, with a crossbar. The Critic in the Orient He was nauseated with that deathly sickness that only an earthquake gives, and he dropped breathlessly in the shelter of a date palm while the earth beneath him rolled and groaned in agony. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Here the date palm thrives, and produces huge bunches of fruit. Fruits of Queensland Through the darkness comes the sound of the lashing of the date palms and the tamarisks as they swing to the gale. The Tale of a Trooper While on the train they had passed many irrigated grapefruit orchards bordered by lordly date palms; but the tangle of mesquite and cactus was always just over the ocatilla fences. The Mission of Janice Day Yet with their framework of graceful date palms, these squalid villages would delight the eye of an artist. The Critic in the Orient His eyes followed the white scar far up on the mountainside, followed it down to the last loosened stones that had crashed among the date palms of Miramar ranch. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The date palm is a handsome ornamental plant, and in the hot and dry Western districts, where it thrives best, it forms a splendid shelter from the sun for both man and beast. Fruits of Queensland Here we have a good many date palms and other trees, and wherever a little irrigation is done there is a profusion of flowers. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Here there is a wide area of date palms and a great brown, tranquil stretch of river. In Mesopotamia Mr. Kearney was studying the date palm industry of Southern Tunis and in connection with it he made a study of the pistache industry of the desert region of the coast of Tunis. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 The mode of fructifying the date palm was a very great discovery in natural science. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The date palm is quite at home here, and when planted in deep sandy land, and supplied with sufficient water, it is a rapid grower and heavy bearer. Fruits of Queensland The date palm is essentially a plant of the desert, or, rather, of the oasis. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Mr. Stoke's letter recalls a very ancient Arabian proverb connected with the date palm. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 The comparison of the fertilization of the date palm to the use of the wild fig refers to the practice of Caprification. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Everything there, the dwarf date palms, the scrubby wild plums and the stunted jambolans, was in keeping with the miniature mountain ranges, the little rivulet and the tiny fish I had discovered. My Reminiscences The couple wear marriage crowns made from the leaves of the date palm and exchange these. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II At its full growth the date palm is a most beautiful object. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania "The date palm tree must have his head in hell and his feet in water." Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 The fertilizing character of the spathe of the male date palm was familiar in Babylon from a very early date. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Here the Bedou inhabitants cultivate the date palm, and have green patches of lucerne and grain, very refreshing to the eye. Southern Arabia It was the oasis of Djazerta, with its thousands of date palms. A Soldier of the Legion The return for sowing of all kinds of grain, notably wheat, corn, barley, is calculated, on an average, to be fifty to a hundred-fold, while the date palm flourishes with scarcely any cultivation at all. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria On the strand grow the ever-present cocoa palms, as distinctive of the islands of the southern sea as the date palms are of the desert regions of the Old World. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The tār trees, Sir H. Risley states,7 are tapped from March to May, and the date palm in the cold season. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Between the garden wall and the winding roadway, grew a luxurious grove of date palms which gave to the home of Lazarus its name. The Coming of the King Two elderly Arabs hovered near, however, the men who lived in the oasis to guard the well and the date palms in season. A Soldier of the Legion The utilizations of the date palm and its products are very numerous. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. There are the date palms, the coconut palms, the sago palm, and a multitude of others. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The name Tamarind is derived from tamar, the date palm; and indus, of Indian origin. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The male of the date palm is valueless while the female bears abundantly. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Mary has seated herself on a bank by the stream, while Joseph plucks the fruit from the date palm near by. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation The Mohammedans adopt the date palm into their religion as an emblem of uprightness, and say that it miraculously sprang into existence, fully grown, at the command of the Prophet. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Yet let the hope remain, and be to thee like the young moon that riseth over the desert, to show the weary traveller a rill of sweet water in an oasis of date palms. The Golden Silence A thick wood of date palms in the distance indicated Katia, and all men gazed upon this as the Mecca in which water was to be found. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 There are interesting examples of similar work already in operation, of which the following might be mentioned: The Agricultural Experiment Station of Arizona has started a twenty-four-year series of experiments in breeding the date palm. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 The tide is felt in all these waters, and sometimes, during a spring tide, the effect of some of these date palm plantations, with the ground just covered, is strange. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden It is a wonderful picture from the wooden bridge with the minaret of a mosque and the tops of the tallest date palms for a background. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The date palm was probably introduced by man, as were certainly the vine and the fig tree, which were widely cultivated, especially in the north. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Vines and date palms were also grown, and I presume these, with fishing, constitute the main source of life to the inhabitants. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 Our ideas of palm-trees are so much derived from the date palm of Judæa, that an erect and stately growth is probably inseparably connected in our minds with the Princes of Vegetation. Miscellanea The date palm was multiplied in Babylonia by artificial means. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. On either side runs a belt of date palms about half a mile wide, but these are seldom worth looking at, being mostly low and shrubby, like an overgrown market garden. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years Dom and date palms are the principal trees, the latter having a single tapering stem, the former dividing into branches. Ancient Egypt In the eye of imagination he saw date palms bordering the Strand, costers sitting under their own banana trees, and stately cavalcades of camels bearing wearied City men to Balham or Putney. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 The date palm yields a wine called toddy, or palm wine, and from the Princes of Vegetation is also distilled a strong spirit called arrack. Miscellanea The trunk of the date palm is good for making furniture. Big People and Little People of Other Lands All round and in every unbuilt on space are endless groves of date palms, with masses of yellow dates. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The two which most abound--namely, the date palm and the d�m palm--are of too coarse a fibre for carving, and are too unequal in texture. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt "There—in that wing," she murmured, slipping within the gate, and he stole after her, and looked across the garden, through a fringe of date palms, to the outlines of the buildings. The Fortieth Door The cocoa-nut tree resembles the date palm in every thing except the fruit and leaves, those of the palm being broader. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time There's a rotting old shack, now, by that date palm. Dick in the Everglades The cocoa-nut tree resembles the date palm, except in not being so rugged and knotty. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The principal fruit-bearing trees are the fig, olive, date palm, pomegranate, orange, and lemon. A Trip Abroad It was rugged and narrow; its sides high, and overhanging in some places near the end of the pass, the wady Ghrarby opens, with groves of date palms, and high sandy hills. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa And we will drink the juice of the date palm.” Folklore of the Santal Parganas The date palm is beloved by the Arabs, because it is so useful to them. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father This tree somewhat resembles the date palm, and supplies the natives with bread, oil, wine, vinegar, and even physic. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The date palms of the little fertile spot they had just left, and the circle of goatskin tents, stood out in sharp relief against the yellow sand—a phantom paradise upon a phantom sea. Return of Tarzan In the neighbourhood are extensive groves of date palms, and there is an ample supply of good water. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 DATES, which are the fruit of the date palm, are not only very nutritious but well liked by most persons. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals The date palm may be grown from seed of the common commercial date. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) This plant, indeed, sometimes occurs on the same coin with the date palm. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828 Though Babylonia possessed no forests, it had the date palm, which needed scarcely any cultivation. Early European History Then again, there are the little villages under their clusters of cocoanut and date palms, nestling under the moist cool shade of the low seasonal clouds. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore I see myself arriving sitting high up on the hump gathering dates—I suppose there are date palms where you are? Memoirs of My Dead Life One seems to hear the grunting of the kneeling camels and the stirring of the date palms. The Call of the Cumberlands There was the cocoa palm, the date palm, and the cabbage palm, the latter of which furnished us good food, while the wine tree afforded an excellent and cooling drink. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America The road led toward a grove of date palms sheltering a group of mud huts, but before we had reached it, the Ford was momentarily tipped at a dangerous angle, tossed up and dropped down. Autobiography of a Yogi It was as if all the date palms bore their fruit together, and in all the desert places water-springs burst forth. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Immediately below were pretty gardens or enclosed spaces, sown in the centre with maize, wheat, and tobacco, and surrounded by plum and pomegranate trees and date palms. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán It has on it five large date palms, an olive tree in full bearing, besides a fine orange grove which this year will yield about seventy-five thousand oranges. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe We sucked the fruit of the date palm, and in imagination bathed and wallowed in the water—beautiful water—we so soon expected to behold. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America He dived into the barricade passage, and quickly reappeared, dragging at the butt of the date palm. Out of the Primitive There were not many of them, just a cluster, fewer than the date palms in an oasis in Sahara, but an oasis is an oasis wherever you find it, and a few trees make it. Tales of War "We have done with the snow now, monsieur," said Gerôme, as we rode next morning through a land of green barley and cotton plains, date palms, and mimosa. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán They grow everywhere, great cocoa-nut and date palms, and we drink the milk out of the cocoa-nuts when we go on picnics and get thirsty. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida The date palm, so suggestive of the far east, and the only one we had seen in Cuba, was represented by a choice specimen, imported in its youth. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom In the centre was a low opening, partly masked by the dry spiky fronds of a small date palm. Out of the Primitive Among other genera of the same class is a Flabellaria occurring near Lausanne, and a magnificent Phoenicites allied to the date palm. The Student's Elements of Geology The village stands in a grove of date palms, and the swarms of flies were consequently almost unendurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán He could not descend by the date palm's trunk, for that was too far from the roof to be reached by him. Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East A little way back from the church was the priest's house, a white building shaded by date palms and pepper trees. The Garden of Allah It was such a night as one sees along the shores of the Mediterranean, lacking only the balmy air, the fragrance of orange blossoms, and the broad leafed date palm reflecting the glorious light. See America First Beyond and above the wall glistened the white dome of a zowia, flanked by a spear-like minaret and the tall heads of a few date palms whose long leaves hung motionless in the hot air. The Sea-Hawk Many of the courtyards were surrounded by date palms, and the people seemed more civilized and prosperous-looking than those in the villages north of Shiráz. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán The palm's straight trunk shot up twenty cubits above the roof's level, and, after the manner of the date palm's growth, bore no branches, such as the doum palm has. Out of the Triangle: a story of the Far East Once more the church bell chimed among the date palms, and the two musics, with their violently differing associations, clashing together smote upon Domini's heart with a sense of trouble, almost of tragedy. The Garden of Allah In this miserable spot the unfortunate inhabitants are taxed equally with those of the richer districts—about fivepence annually for each date palm. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs He turned as eagerly to learn the lessons of luxury, and was as quick to feel its fascination, as the flowers of the date palm to receive the fertilizing pollen. Father Goriot A few miserable Arab huts, with the usual fringe of dusty date palms, compose the village; the muddy river is the frontier on the west, the burning desert on the east. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Thus turned out of my tent, I was compelled to patience and solitude beneath a neighbouring date palm. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Forests of palm trees lay behind, the giant date palms for which Amara was famous. The Garden of Allah |
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