CREVILLENTE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of eastern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ALICANTE

Alicante, and on the See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia-Alicante railway . Pop . (1900) 10,726 . Crevillente is a picturesque old town built among the eastern foothills of the Sierra de Crevillente . Its See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-roofed Moorish houses are enclosed by gardens of See also:

• CACTUS

cactus, See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm, See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange and other subtropical See also:

• PLANTS

plants, interspersed with masses of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock . The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, though naturally sterile, is irrigated from two adjacent springs, which differ in temperature by no less than 25° F . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district is famous for its melons, and also produces See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat and See also:

• ESPARTO, or SPANISH GRASS

esparto grass . See also:

• LOCAL

Local See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of coarse See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, esparto fabrics, oil and See also:

• FLOUR

flour .