Bui. 271, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



Plate II 



Fig. 1.— A Grove of Hayany Dates on Sandy, Unirrigated Soil near Ramleh, 



on the Mediterranean Coast. 



Ground water is found at a depth of about 14 or 15 feet. 



Fig. 2— Dates and Vines North of the Railroad Track, East of Ramleh, 

 Planted in Deep Trenches in the Sand So That Their Roots May Reach 

 Ground Water. 



Note the sand drift ill the foreground. 



