8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



Small Cluster of a Fine Seedling . . 368 

 The El^agnus or Goumi Berry . . . 880 



VOLUME V 



A BURBANK Strawberry . . . Frontispiece 



A Cactus Fruit That Imitates the Pear 10 



Cactus Fruit on the Slab 14 



A Good Specimen 18 



A Well-Proportioned Fruit 20 



Fruit of a Chilean Myrtle .... 28 



The Fruit of the Strawberry Tree . . 32 

 Fruit of One of My Greatly Improved 



Varieties of Mountain Ash ... 36 



The Result of Education 42 



A Cluster of the New White Elder- 

 berries 50 



Color Variations in the Canes of the 



Hybrid Blackberries 56 



The Stem Finally Selected .... 62 



Baby Plants 74 



A Beautiful Thief 82 



Illustrating Leaf Structure .... 88 



Where the Tree is Alive 94 



Compost for Young Plant Food . . . 102 



Some Experimental Gourds 108 



Some Gourds from Australia .... 114 



The Familiar Beet 118 



Another Old Friend 122 



Parsnips 126 



CowPEAS Under Cultivation . . . . .134 



Showing Variation in Beans ., ;.. ... . 146 



