8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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SMALL CLUSTER OF A FINE SEEDLING . . 368 



THE EL^EAGNUS OR GOUMI BERRY ... 380 



VOLUME V 

 A BURBANK STRAWBERRY . . . Frontispiece 



A CACTUS FRUIT THAT IMITATES THE PEAR 10 



CACTUS FRUIT ON THE SLAB 14 



A GOOD SPECIMEN 18 



A WELL-PROPORTIONED FRUIT 20 



FRUIT OF A CHILEAN MYRTLE .... 28 



THE FRUIT OF THE STRAWBERRY TREE . . 32 

 FRUIT OF ONE OF MY GREATLY IMPROVED 



VARIETIES OF MOUNTAIN ASH ... 36 



THE RESULT OF EDUCATION 42 



A CLUSTER OF THE NEW WHITE ELDER- 

 BERRIES 50 



COLOR VARIATIONS IN THE CANES OF THE 



HYBRID BLACKBERRIES 56 



THE STEM FINALLY SELECTED .... 62 



BABY PLANTS 74 



A BEAUTIFUL THIEF 82 



ILLUSTRATING LEAF STRUCTURE .... 88 



WHERE THE TREE is ALIVE 94 



COMPOST FOR YOUNG PLANT FOOD . . . 102 



SOME EXPERIMENTAL GOURDS 108 



SOME GOURDS FROM AUSTRALIA .... 114 



THE FAMILIAR BEET 118 



ANOTHER OLD FRIEND 122 



PARSNIPS 12 



COWPEAS UNDER CULTIVATION 134 



SHOWING VARIATION IN BEANS 146 



