THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN 



serves a set and orderly arrangement. Most 

 species have well-defined areas of growth, 

 the best index the voiceless land can give 

 the traveler of his whereabouts. 



If you have any doubt about it, know 

 that the desert begins with the creosote. 

 This immortal shrub spreads down into 

 Death Valley and up to the lower tim- 

 ber-line, odorous and medicinal as you 

 might guess from the name, wandlike, with 

 shining fretted foliage. Its vivid green is 

 grateful to the eye in a wilderness of gray 

 and greenish white shrubs. In the spring 

 it exudes a resinous gum which the In- 

 dians of those parts know how to use with 

 pulverized rock for cementing arrow points 

 to shafts. Trust Indians not to miss any 

 virtues of the plant world ! 



Nothing the desert produces expresses 

 it better than the unhappy growth of the 

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