THE DESERT PALM {IVashingtonm famctiuj.a) 



Seventy-five feet above the ground is the fountain of fan-shaped leaves. Dead leaves turn hack and hang in an over- 

 lapping thatch upon the upper part of the trunk. This clothes short trees to the ground. Indians use as food the dry, black ber- 

 ries that ripen in September. Native to the Colorado desert; this palm has come into extensive cultivation in California and 

 southern Europe 



