96 



THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



Weight 

 cu. ft. 



White Ash (Fraxinus Americana) 44.50 



White Oak (Qucrcus alba) 44.85 



Chestnut Oak (Qucrcus prinus) 44.86 



Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 46.29 



Sweet Birch (Bctula lento) 46.57 



Persimmon (Diospyrus Virginiana) 46.58 



Ironwood (Ostrya Virginiana) 46.92 



Juneberry (Amenanchicr Canadensis) 47.48 



Wild Crab (Mains coronaria) 47.66 



Mockernut (Hicoria alba) 48.73 



Shagbark Hickory (Hickoria ovata) 49.14 



Pignut (Hicoria glabra) 51.56 



Yellow Oak (Qucrcus acuminata) 55.72 



Specific 

 Gravity. 



.712 



.718 



.718 



.741 



.745 



.746 



.751 



.760 



.763 



.780 



.787 



.825 



.892 



THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE 

 COLORADO DESERT 



A MONG the natural curiosities of our Southwest is an 

 *^^* isolated group of twelve California Fan Palms growing 

 in the open Colorado Desert of southeastern California, and 

 shown in the accompanying photograph. They are locally 

 known as "The Twelve Apostles," the appropriateness of which 

 title is at once acknowledged by the traveler when he notices 

 that one of the trees is blasted and its head entirely gone — the 

 obvious Judas of the band. — C. F. Saunders. 



