Then I observed, mingled together in confusion, trees of countries far apart on the surface of the globe. The oak and the palm were growing side by side, the Australian eucalyptus leaned against the Norwegian pine, the birch-tree of the north mingled its foliage with New Zealand kauris.
Verder vertoonden zich, van alles dooreen, boomen zooals men ze in de verschillende streken des aardbols aantreft, eiken naast palmboomen, Australische mirten naast Noorweegsche dennen, Noordsche berken, hunne takken slingerende tusschen tropische tamerinden.