LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Victoria Regina Frontispiece. 



The Sacred Tree of the Isle de Fer 14 



The Pine of the Mountains 15 



Forest of Mangroves 22 



Vegetation in the Tropics . 28 



South American Scene 27 



Forest in Brazil 33 



Bread-Tree of Tahiti 36 



Bread-Fruit 39 



Cow-Tree 46 



Milk-Tree of Guiana 49 



Manna-Tree. 57 



Travellers-Tree . 61 



Spathe of Palm-Tree 65 



The Palm 67 



Bourbon Palm 81 



Palms of the Seychelles 85 



Arborescent Ferns 89 



The Bamboo 92 



The Baobab 103 



The Cedars of the Atlas Mountains 108 



The Giant Taper ... 113 



The Screw Pine 115 



Asclepias Gigantea . . . . . . .119 



The Weeping-Tree 124 



A Savage shooting poisoned Arrows 125 



Gutta-Percha-Tree 127 



Caoutchouc-Tree. . . 131 



