LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Coconut Palms near Miami Frontispiece 



An Ideal Tropical Home Fig. I 10 



The Sentinels . . > . 2 10 



A Country Home in Cuba 3 10 



Ornamental Plants in a Cuban Courtyard .... 4 10 



Plan for a Slat House 5 28 



Another Florida Plant House 6 30 



A Garden in South Florida . 7 38 



A Rustic Seat . . ^ 8 38 



A Rustic Bridge in the Hammock 9 54 



A Shady Road in Cuba 10 54 



A Tropical Avenue as It Should Be 1 1 56 



Ficus nitida 12 56 



An Avenue of Tamarinds 13 59 



The Carissa as a Hedge Plant 14 59 



A Bamboo Windbreak 15 6 1 



A Philippine Orchid 16 62 



How to Make a Fern Pool 17 76 



On the Bank of a Fern Pool 18 77 



A Tropical Border at The Sentinels 19 77 



An Aerial Garden in South Florida 20 82 



Crocodile Hole 21 82 



The Sea-grape or Shore-grape 22 82 



Mangroves on the Shore of Bay Biscayne .... 23 82 



Cocos plumosa 24 1 1 8 



A Magnificent Avenue of Palms 25 118 



A Handsome Oriental Palm 26 118 



The Famous Talipot Palm 27 118 



A Group of Fan Leaved Palms 28 119 



Royal Palms in Cuba 29 124 



A Group of Palms in Brazil 30 124 



The Old Man in the Garden 31 124 



Ficus nymphaefolia at The Sentinels 32 130 



A Fig of Much Promise for Florida 33 130 



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