LIST OF PLATES. 



I. Epiphytal Rhododendrons op the Himalaya . = Frontispiece 



II. Vegetation op the Caroline Islands, on the Out- 

 skirts op Wood . . . . . .To face page 190 



III. Antiaris and Cofpee Plantation in Java . 74 



IT. Vegetation of Bamboos in Java . 120 



V. Vegetation of New South Wales, near Port Jackson, „ 1239 



VI. Forest on Guahan, one of the Marianne Islands . „ 3G8 



Vll. coral Reef in the Carolines . 1157 



vill. Vegetation of Teneriffe, with succulentEuphorbias „ 476 



IX. Vegetation of Java— Tree-Ferns in the Foreground, 



a Forest op Amentace^: in the Distance . . „ 494 



X. Swampy Forest, with Banyan Trees, in the Island 



of Ualan ........ 1139 



XL Vegetation op the Canary Islands— View in the 



Caldera ......... 89 



XII. Vegetation op the Cinchona Forests op Peru, with 



Palms and Tree-Ferns ...... 284 



XIII. Vegetation of Java ....... 840 



xrv. Mountain Vegetation op Java „ 956 



XV. Vegetation of New Holland— an Acacia 'Scrub' . „ 5 



XVI. Vegetation of Kamtschatka, with tall Umbelli- 



fers— a Birch Forest in the Distance . . „ 1189 



! XVII. Cactus Vegetation on the Banks of the Gila, New 



Mexico 256 



XVlll. Hyph^ne or Doum Palm-trees in Upper Egypt . „ 612 



j XIX. Vegetation on the Ice-Cliffs in Kotzebue Sound, 



Arctic America ....,.„ 1026 



XX. Holy Cross Abbey, covered with Ivy . 572 



