ILLUSTRATIONS 



WELL CULTIVATED AND FERTILIZED GROVE 6 YEARS 



OLD ^-BAYAMON, PORTO RICO 9 



BANANAS USED AS LOCAL WIND PROTECTION, PORTO 



RICO EXPERIMENT STATION 15 



VIEW IN CORNER OF NURSERY OF C. D. ABBEY - 



ISLE OF PINES 20 



OijU NEGLECTED GROVE, AFTER BEING FERTILIZED 



AND MULCHED SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS 29 



YOUNG GROVE, SHOWING EFFECT OF FERTILIZER ON 



GRASS AROUND THE TREES ISLE OF PINES 33 



ORANGE TREE 4 YEARS OLD, UNFERTILIZED, BAY A- 



MON, PORTO RICO 37 



ORANGE TREE 4 YEARS OLD, FERTILIZED, BAY AMON, 



PORTO RICO 38 



ORANGE TREE FROM UNFERTILIZED PART OF F1SKE 



GROVE CEBALLOS, CUBA 40 



ORANGE TREE FROM FERTILIZED PART OF FISKE 



GROVE, CEBALLOS, CUBA 41 



GRAPEFRUIT TREE 3 YEARS OLD WELL FERTILIZED, 



ISLE OF PINES 43 



GRAPEFRUIT TREE 4 YEARS OLD, UNFERTILIZED 



LAS TUNAS, CUBA 45 



GRAPEFRUIT TREE 4 YEARS OLD, FERTILIZED LAS 



TUNAS, CUBA 46 



ORANGE TREE 5 YEARS OLD, NOT FERTILIZED LA 



GLORIA, CUBA 49 



ORANGE TREE 5 YEARS OLD, FERTILIZED WITH WOOD 



ASHES AND COVER CROPS 50 



VIEW OF GROVE FERTILIZED AND UNFERTILIZED 



LAS TUNAS, CUBA 53 



VIEW OF 2 GROVES, FERTILIZED AND UNFERTILIZED. 



HERRADURA, CUBA 55 



TREE NEARLY GIRDLED FROM GUMMOS1S 57 



