LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



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The "Gravity" Cactus 212 



Contrasting Types of Cactus 213 



A Promising Fruit Crop 215 



The "Niagara" Crop 217 



The "Prolific" Cactus 219 



Young "Royal" Cactus Plants 222 



The "Banana" Cactus 225 



The "Sugar" Cactus 227 



The "Signal" Cactus 229 



The "Hemet" Cactus 231 



The "Melrose" Cactus 233 



The "Quillota" Cactus , 235 



The "Competent" Cactus 236 



The "Special" Cactus 238 



The "Robusta" Cactus 239 



The "Titania" Cactus 244 



A Remarkable Fruit Colony 247 



Cactus Patch in Blossom 250 



A Cactus Patch in Fruit 253 



A Young "Eldorado" Cactus Plant 256 



Propagating for Quick Results 259 



Cactus Candy 262 



A Cactus Slab Fan 265 



Odd Uses of Cactus Spines 267 



Clover 



A Bed of Four Leaved Clover 85 



Corn 



A Section of Rainbow Corn Leaves 6 



A Typical Corn Stalk 9 



Primitive Types of Corn 12 



Corn Hybrids 15 



A Teosinte Corn Hybrid in the Stalk 18 



"Pod" Corn Variations 21 



Ears of Corn Teosinte Hybrid 23 



More Like Wheat than Corn 25 



Various Stages of Development 28 



A Freak Ear of Corn 31 



Another Evidence of Old Heredity 33 



What to Work for in Corn 35 



The Power of Environment 37 



Mr. Burbank's Extra Early Sweet Corn 39 



Mr. Burbank's Giant Field Corn 42 



Kaffir Corn 141 



Broom Corn 144 



Cotton 



Cotton in the Field 125 



Cotton Flower and Seed Head 128 



Cotton Boll.. . 130 



