Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents: Ser. A.-F.]

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - Canals, Interoceanic

Contents

• ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page: 8
• Introduction: 9
• Scientific explorations of the island: 25
• Extracts from the archives of Guam relating to its economic history: 33
• Physical conditions of Guam: 41
• IntroductionContinued: 52
• Davallia solida an epiphytal fern: 54
• The great marsh fern Acrostichum aureum V Lycopodium cernuum a characteristic plant of the savannas: 56
• Savannas: 57
• Agati grandiflora a leguminous tree with edible flowers and pods: 60
• The Agaña River showing textile screwpine breadfruit and coco: 61
• View of the forest showing Cycas circinalis screwpine and roots of giant banyan 65: 64
• Ricinus communis Fig 1 Marginal nectar glands Fig 2 Cross section through petiole at base of leaf blade showing extrafloral nectaries: 64
• Fig 1 Nectar gland on midrib of cotton leaf Gossypium sp Fig 2 Leaf of Pariti tiliaceum showing nectar gland: 67
• Cells of taro discharging their needles XIV Cycas circinalis leaf and carpophyll bearing halfdeveloped fruit XV Sea beans showing air spaces which g...: 70
• Morinda citrifolia flowers and fruit: 73
• Animals of the island: 76
• The people: 95
• Stone adz and sling stones of aborigines: 106
• The government house at Agaña: 116
• House with thick walls of masonry and tiled roof: 122
• Fig 1 A modern oven Fig 2 Evaporating salt: 127
• Carabaos drawing an American wagon: 134
• Standards of measure: 138
• Clearing the forest for planting: 141
• A Pacific island taro patch Caladium colocasia: 144
• Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea: 144
• Root of the cassava plant Manihot manihot: 145
• Mango tree Mangifera indica in full fruit: 146
• Cashew Anacardium occidentale halfgrown fruit: 147
• Descriptive catalogue of plants: 159
• The coral bead vine Abrus abrus: 170
• Angiopteris evecta: 182
• The sour sop Annona muricata flowers and fruit: 184
• The sugar apple Annona squamosa: 185
• Betelnut palms Areca cathecu: 187
• Fertile breadfruit Artocarpus communis male and female inflores cence and young fruit: 189
• 53: 267
• 54: 367
• Index: 405

Bibliographic information

• Title: Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents: Ser. A.-F.]; Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents: Ser. A.-F.], United States
• Contributors: Elihu Root, United States
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Aug 27, 2010