LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACE PAGE 



I. A Sentinel Palm in the Andreas Canon, California 24 



II. The Garden of Eden 



III. A Giant Douglas Fir 



IV. A Dragon Tree in the Canary Islands 

 V. Shooting the Hozu Rapids in Japan . 



VI. A Forest Fire 



VII. Thrashing Corn in Chile 



VIII. Wistaria in Kamaido Park, Japan 



IX. Gathering Olives in the South of France 



X. The Egyptian Queen Hataru's Expedition 



XI. Weighing the Day's Work 



XII. A Tobacco Plantation in Cuba 



XIII. Giant Cactus near Aconcagua Valley, Chile 



XIV. AND XV. Then and Now 

 XVI. A Ricefield in China 



XVII. Cultivated Bamboo in a Chinese Plantation 



XVIII. Calthrops .... 



XIX. A Leaf Raft .... 



XX. Felling of Giant Trees in California 



XXI. A Bushman digging up Elephant's Foot 



XXII. Pineapples as a Field Crop . 



XXIII. Banana Carriers in Jamaica . 



XXIV. A Cocoa-nut Grove in Ceylon 



XXV. Cotton-fields in Georgia, U.S.A. 



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