CONTENTS 



I. THE DATE PALM AND CHAM.EROPS - - 1 



II. ORANGES AND LEMONS - - - - - 10 



III. THE OLIVE 22 



IV. THE CAROB 30 

 V. THE PISTACIAS 36 



VI. MULBERRY : CELTIS : FIG 43 



VII. OAK : CHESTNUT : OSTRYA - - - 55 



VIII. PINE TREES 63 



IX. ARBUTUS AND ERICA - 70 



X. MYRTLE AND EUCALYPTUS - - 75 



XI. TREES, INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC 83 



XII. EUPHORBIAS 91 



XIII. THE GREAT REED - 97 



XIV. INDIAN CORN - 105 

 XV. GIANT GRASSES 111 



XVI. GOURDS AND PUMPKINS - 117 



XVII. PLANTS OF PALESTINE I. - - 124 



XVIII. PLANTS OP PALESTINE II. 132 



XIX. POISONOUS PLANTS - 139 



XX. PARASITES AND WALL-PLANTS - 147 



XXI. CLIMBERS - 154 



XXII. THE VALLON DBS FLEURS - 162 



XXIII. THE SUMMER DROUGHT - 171 



XXIV. ARMED PLANTS 178 

 XXV. SUCCULENT PLANTS- 186 



XXVI. PECULIAR PLANTS - - 193 



XXVII. WAYSIDE WEEDS - 199 



XXVIII. JUDGMENT OF PARIS I. - - - 206 



XXIX. JUDGMENT OF PARIS II. - - - 213 



XXX. RARE AND LOCAL PLANTS - ... 222 



