Bui. 53, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE XIX, 



FIQ. 1. A NEGLECTED EGYP- 

 TIAN DATE PALM GROWING 

 WITHOUT IRRIGATION IN THE 

 SALTON BASIN, NEAR INDIO, 

 CAL. 



FIG. 2. OLD DATE PALMS AT HERMOSILLO, NORTHERN 

 MEXICO, WITH ORANGE TREES GROWING UNDERNEATH. 



FIG. 3. FAN PALM SHOWING DEAD LEAVES 

 CLOTHING TRUNK, NEAR INDIO, CAL. 



FIG. 4. GROUP OF FAN PALMS GROWING 

 WILD IN A DRY RAVINE, NEAR INDIO, CAL. 



