I am a little girl ten years old, and I have never been away from
my country, but I am learning English with my governess, and I hope
papa will take me to New York this summer. As perhaps you have
never been in Cuba, I wish to tell you something about my beautiful
island. The climate is delightful and healthy enough. We have many
fine fruit trees--oranges, limes, and lemons. When the trees are
young they are a lighter green than when they are old; they have
many thorns, and the leaves are pointed. The fruit is not very
large, but is very good, and is planted by seeds in the rainy
weather. We have several kinds of oranges; the best is called
China. The trees have white flowers, which are called azahar, and
make a very good essence and oil.