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1. A grove of live oaks near Savannah, Georgia Frontispiece
2. Carrying water over the Mississippi levee by siphon to irrigate rice fields 8
3. Aërial roots of a Mexican strangling fig 73
4. A forest of bamboo 99
5. A group of conifers 108
6. A white oak, showing the great spread of branches 117
7. A timber tree spoiled by standing too much alone 125
8. An American elm, illustrating deliquescent growth 130
9. Vegetation of a moist, shady ravine 151
10. A mosaic of moonseed leaves 179
11. Hybrid between a red and a white carnation 227
12. Gooseberries, showing improvement by selection 251
13. The effects of irrigation 272
14. A xerophyte formation of yuccas and switch plants 282
15. A giant tulip tree of the South Atlantic forest region 293