LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Grateful acknowledgements are due several institu- 

 tions and individuals who have generously assisted with 

 the illustrations. Photographs for figures 29, 31, 32, 46, 

 47-49, 65, and 71 were contributed by the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry at Washington, through Mr. P. H. Dor- 

 sett; for figures 1 1 and 73-75 by The New York Zoological 

 Society, through Dr. C. H. Townsend; for figures 52-54, 

 56, 58, and 59 by The American Museum of Natural 

 History, through Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; and for figure 3 

 by Mrs. James Brown. Figures 10, 19, 26-28, 42, 43, 45, 

 67, 68, and 70 were taken from the Journal of The New 

 York Botanical Garden; and the colored plate of tropical 

 fruits and the outline drawings of Jamaican insects, etc., 

 were prepared by Miss Mary E. Eaton. The remaining 

 60 illustrations are from the author's originals. 



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1. Children playing on the ship xiv 



2. Cocoanut palms 9 



3. The waterfall 13 



4. A Cuban house 16 



5. The kitchen stove 17 



6. A little Cuban home 19 



7. Snowball 21 



8. Rows of banana trees 27 



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