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



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1.— A Date Grove, Chiefly of the Saidy Variety, near the Village of 

 Rashida in the Dakhleh Oasis. 



The giant tree in the center is a male. 



Fig. 2.— Date Trees, Chiefly Barakawi, along the Nile in Dongola Province, 

 below Merowe, Showing "Mother and Daughter" System of Growth. 



Note the sakieh used for irrigation. 



