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238. Deodars and the Choor Mountain, from Nahl Dehra, India
The Deodar or India Cedar (Cedrus Deodara, Loud.) is one of the noblest trees of the mountains of North India. See remarks under 297

236 View of the Cathedral Rooks from Mattaran, India
Monkeys in the foreground

235. Valley of ferns near Rungaroon, India

234. Foliage and Flowers of the Indian Rhododendron grande
A native of the Sikkim Himalaya, where it forms a tree thirty feet high or more, at elevations of 8000 to 9500 feet. It is in this region that the genus Rhodedendron reaches its greatest development

233. Foliage and Flowers of an Indian Tree
Tecoma undulata, G. Don, is a most beautiful tree when its hanging branches are laden with flowers

230. View from Rungaroon, near Darjeeling, India
An Old Tree covered with Epiphytes in the foreground

214. The Great Grisly Big Tree of the Mariposa Grove. 214. The Great Grisly Big Tree of the Mariposa Grove
It is ninety-three feet seven inches in girth at the base, and about sixty feet at eleven feet from the ground; and its first branch is six feet in diameter

209. The Yosemite Waterfall, California
Balsam Poplars (Populus trichocarpa, Torr. & Gr.) in the foreground. The Upper Yosemite Fall is stated to be about 1550 feet high; and below it the stream descends, by a series of cascades and falls

208. Some Wild Flowers of California
In front is the curious Thistle-leaved Sage (Salvia carduacea, Benth.), with a species of Calochortus on the right; a scarlet Catchfly (Silene californica, Dur.)

207. An old Red Cedar on the rocks near West Manchester, Massach
This is one of the " Pencil Cedars, " though actually a Juniper(Junipersvirginiana, Linn.), which ranges from the West Indies and Florida to Hudsons Bay

206. Another View of Lake Tahoe and Nevada Mountains, California
See 195 and 202

205. Home of an Old Trapper in the Trunk of a Big Tree, Calavera

202. Lake Tahoe, California
Foreground of Yellow Pine and Cypress hung with yellow Lichen

199. Flowers of North American Trees and Shrubs
The Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera, L.), the False Akcacia or Locust Tree (Robinia Pseudacacia, L.), and the Calicoe Bush or Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia, L.)

198. A Fallen Giant, Calaveras Grove, California

197. On the Rocks, near West Manchester, Massachusetts

195. A View of Lake Tahoe and Nevada Mountaina, California
Pine Trees (Pinus ponderosa, Dougl.) in the foreground

194. Wild Flowers from the Neighbourhood of New York
In front, on the left, is the singular Cancer Root, or Naked Broomrape (Aphyllon uniflorum, Torr. & Gr.), a root-para- site allied to our Broomrapes

189. The Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, California
Consult the description of 154t

188. Old Cypress or Juniper Tree, Nevada Mountains, California

184. Castor and Pollux in the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees, Ca 184. Castor
184. " Castor and Pollux" in the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees, Ca 184. " Castor and Pollux" in the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees, Ca

182. Study of the Plant of Life. 182. Study of the Plant of Life
This is Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb. with Ipomoea purpurea, L. and Thunbergia alata, Boj. plants naturalised in Jamaica

181. View on the Flamsted Road, Jamaica
Mango tree in flower, Cabbage Palm, Bananas, and Bamboos

178. Snake Tree and Bamboos, on Spanish River, Jamaica
The botanical name of the Snake Tree has not been ascertained. It is so called on account of its twining aerial roots

176. Great Cotton Tree, Jamaica
Before the discovery of the Californian Big Tree and the larger Gum Trees of Australia, this (Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC.) -was one of the tallest trees known

175. Study of Screw Pine

173. Under the Redwood Trees at Goerneville, California
Consult the description of 204

172. View from Spring Gardens, Buffs Bay, Jamaica
Cocoanut Palms, Bread Fruit Trees, and Trumpet Tree in the foreground

171. Locking into the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees, California
See the description of 154

168. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of Lignum Vitae, Jamaica
Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum officinale, L.) is an exceedingly hard wood, used for making pulley blocks, rulers, pestles, &c.; and the resin called gum guaiacum is an exudation from the stem

166. One of the Sources of the Roaring River, Jamaica. 166. One of the Sources of the Roaring River, Jamaica
Trees of Grias cauliflora, L. embedded in stalagmites

165. Cultivated and Wild Flowers, Jamaica
Large inflorescence of Spathodea campanulata, Beauv. a West African Bignoniacea, with flowers of Cordia spp. a Rubiacea, and of the blue Clitorica ternatea, L

164. View over 0chos Rios, Jamaica
The beginning of a river flowing out of the limestone caves, beneath masses of bananas and Colocasia Antiquorum, Schott. and finding its way down through the terraces of Allspice

163. Study of Gulf Weed
Sargassum vulgar, Agardh, is a seaweed that accumulates in enormous quantities in the warm Gulf Stream of the Atlantic

162. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a variety of Guava

160. Foliage and Fruit of Arnatto and Foliage and J lowers of
These are both dye plants indigenous in tropical America. Arnatto, Bixa Orellana, Linn. is used for dyeing silks an orange-yellow and colouring cheese

159. Group of small Palms, Rio Janeiro, Brazil
A species of Bactris, of which genus it is estimated that there are at least one hundred distinct species, all natives of tropical America

158. Flowers of a Shrubby Convolvulus, Jamaica

Date Palm and Hut, near Craigton, Jamaica, 1882
Marianne North painting no 157. Alpinia nutans, Roscoe, in the foreground.This showy plant is represented natural size in 123

156. Inflorescence and ripe Nuts of the Cocoanut Palm
The inflorescence of the Cocoanut (Cocos nucifera, Linn.) is a branched spadix bearing innumerable flowers, only a few of which are female and fertile, the rest containing only stamens

155. Foliage and Fruit of the Loquat, or Japanese Medlar, Bra
Eriobotrya japonica, Lindl. is a native of Japan, cultivated in Brazil and elsewhere. The flowers are represented in 128

154. The Calaveras Grove of the Big Tree, or Wellingtonia, in th
The Big or Mammoth Tree, Sequoia gigantea, Decaisne (syn. Wellingtonia gigantea, Lindl.), is here associated with the Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana, Dougl.)

153. Foliage, flowers, and fruit of the Coffee, Jamaica
This is a small tree or shrub, native of the mountains of eastern tropical Africa, now cultivated and naturalised in the lower mountainous regions of many other tropical countries

152. The Bilimbi or Blimbing, Jamaica
Averrhoa Bilimbi, L. is a small tree, native of the Malayan Islands, cultivated for its fruit, which makes good tarts; a cooling drink is also prepared from it

151. Flowers of a Brazilian Coral Tree and Vegetable Mercury
Erythrina sp. and Brunjelsia Hopoeana, Benth. (syn. F rqniscea loeana, Hook.). The latter is used medicinally, hence the popular name

148. Valley of Bamboos, near Bath, Jamaica
The arboreous grasses called Bamboos form a very prominent feature in the vegetation of most tropical countries, and more especially of tropical Asia, where the true Bamboos (i.e)

147. Cultivated Flowers; painted in Jamaica
Below on the left is a white-flowered Gardenia, and the showy scarlet Passiflora quadriglandulos, Rodsch. (syn. Tacsaonia sanquinea, DC.); above, Datura sanguinea, L. and Broughtonia sasnguinea, R

146. The Garden of Kings House, Spanish Town, Jamaica
A tree of Spathodea campanulata, Beauv. &c. An inflorescence of the Spathodea, which is a native of west tropical Africa, is represented natural size in 165

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