CONTENTS 



I. Introductory i 



II. The Palm Oases and Canons 15 



III. Trees and Tree-like Growths 38 



IV. The Smaller Cacti, Shrubs, and Flowers . . 53 

 V. Some Desert Indian Lore 69 



VI. A Desert Ride: Palm Springs to Seven Palms . 84 



VII. Seven Palms to Thousand Palm Canon . . 96 



VIII. Thousand Palm Canon to Coachella Valley .110 



IX. Coachella Valley to Pinon Well . . .126 



X. Pinon Well to Mecca 144 



XI. Mecca to Figtree John .169 



XII. Figtree John to BoREGO Springs . . . .186 



XIII. Borego Springs to Los Coyotes . . . .205 



XIV. Los Coyotes to Warner's Springs .... 223 

 XV. Warner's Springs to Agua Caliente . . . 237 



XVI. Agu A Caliente TO "San Felipe City" . . .254 

 XVII. "San Felipe City" to Imperial Valley . . 272 



XVIII. Imperial Valley to Yuma 294 



XIX. Yuma to Blythe 315 



XX. Blythe to Coachella Valley 339 



Appendix A. Hints on Desert Travelling . 359 



B. Noticeable Plants of the Desert 366 



Index 381 



