"The commonest trees, I think, are palms and cedars.

Lots of the old houses were built of cedar, and I've heard of old cedar furniture to be picked up here and there, as some people buy old oak out of English farm-houses.

It is very durable and deliriously scented.

People used to make cedar bonfires when the small-pox was about, to keep away infection.

The gardens will grow anything, and plots of land are divided by oleander hedges of many colours." "Oh--h!" ejaculated I, in long-drawn notes of admiration.