Bui. 1457, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 5 
B 
Two Varieties of Date Palms 
A.— A garden of Hayany date palms at El Marg, Egypt. These trees are about 50 feet high 
and are supposed to be 40 years old. Note the beautiful regularity of the closely pruned 
columnar Jrunks 
B. — A Saidy date palm more than 20 years old. This hedgelike thicket of offshoots of various 
ages and sizes surrounding the tree has resulted from the browsing of stock upon the 
offshoots 
