FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE PA.GR 



1. A GROVE OF LIVE OAKS NEAR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA . Frontispiece 



2. CARRYING WATER OVER THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BY SIPHON TO 



IRRIGATE RICE FIKLDS ........ 8 



3. AERIAL ROOTS OF A MEXICAN STRANGLING FIG ... 73 



4. A FOREST OF BAMBOO 99 



5. A GROUP OF CONIFERS 108 



6. A WHITE OAK, SHOWING THE GREAT SPREAD OF BRANCHES 117 



7. A TIMBER TREE SPOILED BY STANDING TOO MUCH ALONE . 125 



8. AN AMERICAN ELM, ILLUSTRATING DELIQUESCENT GROWTH . 130 



9. VEGETATION OF A MOIST, SHADY RAVINE ..... 151 



10. A MOSAIC OF MOONSEED LEAVES ....... 179 



11. HYBRID BETWEEN A RED AND A WHITE CARNATION . . . 227 



12. GOOSEBERRIES, SHOWING IMPROVEMENT BY SELECTION . . 251 



13. THE EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION 272 



14. A XEROPHYTE FORMATION OF YUCCAS AND SWITCH PLANTS . 282 



15. A GIANT TULIP TREE OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FOREST REGION 293 



