"As I sit under a giant tree on my terrace, the setting sun casts long shadows on the grass, and every now and then a yellow leaf falls to the ground. I see in memory the little red figs lying scattered around under a tree at the entrance to a planter’s house far up on the slopes of the , in the island of , not far from the village of Karang Pandan. Seventeen years ago, Marian and I spent a week-end in a little hotel there, and from the verandah we watched the rain storms come and go, while in the distance the smoking peaks of three volcanoes broke the horizon. Karang Pandan was a quiet, solitary place which the had chosen for his summer palace. Although the palace was closed, we could see the Sultan’s favorite tree in the patio, with every bunch of fruits in a little wicker basket that had been woven about it to keep away the es."
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David Fairchild
(April 7, 1869 – August 6, 1954) was an American botanist, plant explorer, and author of 4 books.
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