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Fig. si. — Detail of baml)oo boards. This giant bamboo 

 is much used in the construction of houses and fences in the 

 low country along the coast of Ecuador. Photograph by 

 George Rose. 



Fig. 52. — A view of the Quinta Normal at Ambato, the first .\gricultural 

 Experiment Station to be established in Ecuador, .\ugusto N. Martinez 

 is director. Abelardo Pachano, Professor of Agronomy, was educated at 

 Cornell University. Photograph by George Rose. 



