Florence Du Cane Books
The Canary Islands
Florence Du CanePossibly there are many other people as ignorant as I was myself on my first visit to the Canaries on the subject of cochineal. Beyond the fact that cochineal was a red dye and used occasionally as a ..
The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira
Florence Du CaneThe very name of Madeira (or island of timber, as the word signifies) brings to the minds of most people a suggestion of luxuriant vegetation flourishing in a damp, enervating climate. The feelin..