THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN HALF-TONE 



A stone 's throw from the desert a fine orchid is growing 10 



Monterey cypress 18 



A pepper tree walk 28 



Avenue of blue-gums 36 



Blackwood acacia 44 



Vine-embowered cottage 52 



Tree yucca, Mojave Desert 68 



Smoke tree 76 



One of the most vicious cacti 84 



Sierra snow plant 98 



Wild lilac 98 



A roadside bank carpeted with marigold .... 114 



California soap-root 122 



Cones of three largest California trees 122 



Toluache, a famous Indian narcotic 130 



Creosote bush 138 



Drinking from a barrel cactus 146 



A coast live oak 154 



Elderberry 154 



Alkaline pool, Colorado Desert of California . . . 170 

 A Pasadena bungalow "under the rose" .... 186 

 California fan palms lining a ranch roadway . . . 194 



Mexican gathering tunas 206 



Yucca Whipplei 216 



In a forest of native fan palms, Palm Canon . . . 230 



Jacaranda tree 246 



Ocotillo, or candlewood 252 



The monkey-puzzle tree of Chile 252 



