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



PLATE XX, 



FIQ. 1. OLD DATE PALMS GROWING AT SAN DIEGO MISSION, NEAR SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



FIG. 2. SEEDLING DATE PALM WITH NEARLY RIPE FRUIT, GROWING WITHOUT IRRIGATION 

 IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE COLORADO RIVER IN CALIFORNIA. 



