LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE JACK FRUIT TREE ..... Frontispiece 



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CUTTING FRUIT FROM A PLANTAIN TREE . . .22 

 PLANTING TEA SEEDLINGS ...... 48 



TREE FERN STEM SECTION ..... 60 



RATTAN CANE . .60 



GLACIER BAY, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN . . .102 



YUCCA IN BLOOM .no 



LIBERIAN COFFEE .122 



LAND FORMATION IN PONDS . . . . .130 



ALFALFA AND BUTTERFLY . . . . . .150 



SANDDUNES AT SAN VICENTE, CHILE . . . .166 



PLUCKING THE LEAVES OF A TEA PLANT . . .178 

 A BANYAN TREE . . . . . . .188 



STINGING HAIRS OF THE NETTLE . . . .196 



VEGETABLE MARROW, STEM SECTION . . . .196 



PLUCKING COCOA PODS 208 



CHESTNUT WOODS IN A CORSICAN VALLEY . . .220 

 TAPPING A MAPLE TREE . . . . . .238 



PREPARING MAPLE SUGAR .248 



NEAR AJACCIO, CORSICA 252 



THE GIANT BAMBOO 262 



COCOA-NUT PALMS NEAR AGUADILLA . . . .274 

 THE SCREW PINE . . . . . .280 



A GIANT CACTUS 290 



VINEYARDS IN THE CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT . . . 308 



MAQUI IN CORSICA 312 



GATHERING THE COCOA CROP 324 



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