Bui 1457, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 1 4 
Landscape Possibilities of Palms 
A.— Boulevard around the upper end of the Gizera. Commanding magnificent views of t he- 
Nile and of Cairo across the river, the flanking groups of old date palms show the land- 
scape possibilities of this beautiful tree 
B.— View in Kerdaseh, an Egyptian village, at the time of the Nile flood. The bare mud- 
brick buildings shown are redeemed from utter ugliness by the background of this 
little grove of date palms 
