LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 13 



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ALMONDS GROWN IN PEACHES .... 342 



HYBRID WALNUTS 358 



THE ROYAL WALNUT . . . 372 



VOLUME VIII 

 SANTA ROSA NUT MEATS . . . Frontispiece 



A DWARF CHESTNUT TREE 10 



A BASKET OF CHESTNUTS 16 



THE PAPER SHELL ON THE TREE . . . .30 



SANTA ROSA WALNUTS 36 



PARENTS AND OFFSPRING 44 



SIX-MONTHS-OLD CHESTNUT TREE IN BEARING 54 



YEARLING CHESTNUT TREE IN BEARING . . 58 



A SIX-MONTHS-OLD CHESTNUT TREE . . 62 



BUR AND CATKIN 66 



WELL PROTECTED . 70 



CHESTNUTS IN THE BUR 74 



HICKORY NUTS 80 



A PECAN TREE 84 



A VARIETY OF TROPICAL NUTS .... 88 



CHINQUAPINS AND CHESTNUTS .... 92 



THE WILD NUTMEG 104 



OLIVE TREES 116 



THE CALIFORNIA CHINQUAPIN AS AN ORNA- 

 MENTAL TREE 130 



THE VARIEGATED Box ELDER 138 



AN ACACIA TREE IN BLOOM 144 



A YOUNG SEQUOIA GIGANTEA 152 



THE LARGEST TREE IN THE WORLD . . . 158 



YELLOW PINE 162 



THE JUDAS TREE OR RED-BUD . 166 



