LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 13 



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Almonds Grown in Peaches .... 342 



Hybrid Walnuts 35, 



The Royal Walnut . 3 



VOLUME VIII 



Santa Rosa Nut Meats . . . Frontispiece 



A Dwarf Chestnut Tree 10 



A Basket of Chestnuts 16 



The Paper Shell on the Tree . . . . ' 30 



Santa Rosa Walnuts 36 



Parents and Offspring ....... 44 



Six-Months-Old Chestnut Tree in Bearing 54 



Yearling Chestnut Tree in Bearing . . 58 



A Six-Months-Old Chestnut Tree . . 62 



Bur and Catkin 66 



Well Protected . 70 



Chestnuts in the Bur 74 



Hickory Nuts 80 



A Pecan Tree 84 



A Variety of Tropical Nuts .... 88 



Chinquapins and Chestnuts .... 92 



The Wild Nutmeg 104 



Olive Trees 116 



The California Chinquapin as an Orna- 

 mental Tree 130 



The Variegated Box Elder 138 



An Acacia Tree in Bloom 144 



A Young Sequoia Gigantea 152 



The Largest Tree in the World . . . 158 



Yellow Pine 162 



The Judas Tree or Red-Bud . ^V^^«^^4^> • 166 



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