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 Bulletin No. 177. — A Protected Stock Range in Arizona. 



Fig. 1. Map of fenced pastures in the Coronado National Forest, 

 compiled from maps by the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Plant Industry- S 

 Bulletin No. 17S. — Improvement of the Wheat Crop in California. 



Fig. 1. Wheat plants from six plats treated differently, showing 



comparative development 12 



2. Wheat growing on plat which has been continuously seeded 



to the same crop 13 



3. Wheat growing on plat on which Canadian field peas were 



grown and plowed under in 1908 14 



4. Wheat growing on plat on which rye and vetch were grown 



and plowed under in 1908 15 



5. Wheat growing on plat on which rye was grown and plowed 



under in 1908 16 



6. Representative plants of six varieties of wheat from uni- 



form plats planted November 21, 1908, at Modesto, CaL, 

 showing their comparative development on May 1, 1909 21 



7. Representative plants of six additional varieties of wheat 



from uniform plats planted November 21, 1908, at Mo- 

 desto, Cal., showing their comparative development on 



May 1, 1909 22 



S. Chnl wheat (G. I. No. 2227) growing at Modesto, Cal.. in 



1909 24 



9. Fretes wheat (G. I. No. 1596) growing at Modesto, Cal., 



in 1909 1 27 



10. White Australian wheat (G. I. No. 3019) growing at Mo- 

 desto, Cal., in 1909 28 



Bulletin No. ISO. — Agricultural and Botanical Explorations in Pal- 

 estine. 



Fig. 1. Relief map of Palestine, showing the coast region, the Jor- 

 dan Valley, and the unexplored regions of the east 9 



2. Map of Palestine, showing the location of the principal towns 



and villages 10 



3. Seyal acacia tree near Engedi, on the western shore of the 



Dead Sea 12 



4. Olive groves on rocky soil in the environs of Jerusalem, 



showing artificial terracing 20 



5. Fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) near Jaffa, showing its unusual 



resistance to drought 22 



6. Fruit of fig tree (Ficus sycomorus) 23 



7. Commercial grape nursery at Hedera 24 



S. Seedling orange trees at Hedera, grown with a view to origi- 

 nating new varieties 25 



9. Branch of plant of chick-pea (Cicer arictinum), showing 



pods and white flowers 29 



10. An up-to-date Jewish farmer in the dry-farming region of 



the Jordan Valley using an American-made binder 34 



11. The watermelon market at Jaffa 35 



12. Monolith in Wadv Wale'h 47 



