THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN 



serves a set and orderly arrangement. Most 

 species have well-defined areas of growth, 

 the best index the voiceless land can give 

 the traveler of his whereabouts. 

 , If you have any doubt about it, know 



/ that the desert begins with the creosote. 



(This immortal shrub spreads down into 

 J Death Valley and up to the lower tim- 



/ ber-line, odorous and medicinal as you 

 might guess from the name, wandlike, with 

 shining fretted foliage. Its vivid green is 

 grateful to the eye in a wilderness of gray 

 and greenish white shrubs. In the spring 

 it exudes a resinous gum which the In- 

 dians of those parts know how to use with 

 pulverized rock for cementing arrow points 

 to shafts. Trust Indians not to miss any 

 virtues of the plant world ! 



Nothing the desert produces expresses 

 it better than the unhappy growth of the 



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