“ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE TREES OF THE 
. BOTANICAL GARDEN AT NAPLES. 
GRAcE E. Cootey, 
(WITH FOUR FIGURES) 
VIEW of the country about the bay of Naples in the spring gives 
ittle idea of the luxuriance of the vegetation of which the land 
pable. The only trees left standing are the stone pines, and 
Me selected inaccessible rock niches to grow in. To be sure, the 
tS cultivate the black poplars, but only for use in their vine- 
us. The living trees make the vine posts, and the cut branches 
isa singularly treeless region. The impression of the country 
> Clear atmosphere is much like that of the foothills east of the 
ides in the rainless regions of Washington and Oregon. There 
same soft gray color on the hills, that readily changes under 
“uence of the sun and the clouds, and the gray artemisias on 
Tocks help to make the picture the same. Yet this land, ” like 
desert in color and absence of trees, is very different in its 
Produce the fruits of the soil. There is water to be had 
Clouds in abundance at all seasons, except in the three 
~ Months, and the apparent barrenness is only the result of 
¢ of ‘crops the peasant plants, and the way he has dealt = 
uve trees. Every available spot is devoted to the cultivation 
Spe, and the land is terraced for vines up the slopes of the old 
cones and sometimes down to the very depths of their worn- 
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