Upper Figures. — Left: Flowerpots ou the estate of Mr. Edward L. Parker, 

 occupied by bluebirds and swallows, (l'hotograi)h taken by James G. 

 Parker. See jiage 188.) Right: Successful bluebird box. (Photograi)h by 

 R. L.Shewell. See page 188.) 



Lower Figure. — Apples grown at Waynesburg, Pa., under the guardianship of 

 a large colony of purple martins. The forty-one apples here shown weighed 

 twenty-one pounds and filled a half-bushel measure heaping full. They are 

 of the Western Beauty or Summer Rambo variety, and the.tree was never 

 sprayed. (Photograph by .J. Warren .Jacobs. See page 202.) 



