4 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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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 126 



COWPEAS UNDER CULTIVATION . . . 134 



SHOWING VARIATION IN BEANS . . . 146 



A STRIPLING FROM THE TROPICS . . 152 



FRUITS OF A TOMATO HYBRID . . . 160 



POTATOES WITH A STRANGE HISTORY . 166 



TRANSPLANTING SELECTED SEEDLINGS . 172 



A SOUTH AMERICAN ALLIUM . . . 194 



A NEW ALLIUM 202 



A BASKET OF BURBANK PEPPERS . . 210 



BURBANK PEPPERS 214 



ARTICHOKES 220 



HALF-OPENED ARTICHOKE BLOSSOM 224 



