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A photograph of a tree full of small orange colored fruit, 1 inch in diameter, with a single stone in the center. The pulp is rather hard and astringent.

A photograph of a dry forest with tall grass, trees, and ant hills.

A photograph of a row of agave americana alongside the roadway at the experiment station in Munama.

A photograph of a field of alfalfa planted for trial. The alfalfa in the foreground is 1 month old while the alfalfa further back was planted 1 year ago. There are also three men standing, facing each other on the right.

A photograph of a field of sweet potatoes, a staple crop here. There are also ant hills and dry forest in the far background.

A photograph of Munama station, which is a corn field of Iowa Silver Mine. There are also ant hills in the background.

A photograph of a irrigation ditch with a cassava above the ditch and cynodon growing along the edge of the ditch. The director and Mr. Raven are standing in the background.

A photograph of a plantation of potatoes with Iowa Silver Mine in the background. There is corn planted over the top of the ant hill in the middle of the photograph while there are two larger hills covered with trees behind this. In the far…

A photograph of manihot in the foreground with indigenous huts and a forest of brachystegia in the background.

A photograph of a row of agave sisalana on the left. The leaves are about 5 feet long.

A photograph of view of the plantings as well as the dodge car used by Director M. De Neuter. The director is sitting the car with H. Rommelarre, the farm superintendent, Oscar Duhout, and H.C. Raven standing next to the car.

A photograph across the government farm. There is dry forest in the background and an ant hill on the right.

A photograph of a view over the Munama experiment station which shows the plants and vegetation with the building in the background on the left.

A photograph of the superintendents home at Munama. Outside of the house is Mrs. Rommelarre standing in front of the stairs of the porch with Mr. Rommelarre, Mr. De Neuter, and H.C. Raven standing on the ground next to the porch.

A photograph of a datura suaveolens in a city park. The plant is about 6 feet high with the flowers being 8 inches long and are occasionally yellowish.

A photograph of delonix regia, a flat top tree with great green leaves like ostrich feathers. On the left, there is a phytolacca abyssinica, a more ant resistant tree.

A photograph of a view of the city park and streets in Elizabethville. There is the large banana, Enseta, on the right as well as beds of roses, croton, jacaranda, mimosifolia, and delonix. The jacaranda, mimosifolia, and delonix are the main street…

A photograph of setaria aurea, which are the main ruderal along the side of the street. The Congo mission is in the background with banana and brachystegia trees are on the right.

A photograph of the city park in Elizabethville. There are huge trees on termite hills, which are 20 feet high. There is also ochna and the common greenhouse variety of begonia on these hills.

A photograph of a termite hill used as a brick kiln. The kiln is 16 feet by 20 feet and 16 feet high. There is a rich amount of vegetation on the outside of the termite hill.