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Taken near Big Tree - showing method of irrigating. A basin method in which the basins are often reduced to small ditches. In cultivation there are cabbage, celery, eggplant, beets. With Parkinsonia hedges in back and probably some of the tree…

Parkinsonia aculeata hedge with a calf and boy in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Showing cabbage with coconut grove in back. Sugar cane and bananas also shown in back, and the small trees of guava, mango ... and lemon.... [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Shows dunes with Tamarix, the chief plant on the island in the draws or dunes. There is some alkali in spots but apparently too little water for it to become a harmful factor. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Shows dwarf bananas. A misunderstanding here carried my camera case back to St. Vincent and I had no further opportunity to photograph or collect at this place. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Shows dunes with Tamarix, the chief plant on the island in the draws or dunes. There is some alkali in spots but apparently too little water for it to become a harmful factor. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Outfit - burro, Anton, Mario [Maria?] Santo. After breakfast we started for the "Big Tree." We started on burros with a boy to drive, and a woman to carry camera and collecting case. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Sand dune with Tamarix in bloom in fore - St. Vincent in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Tamarix dunes and Portuguese graveyard in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

White sand dunes & Tamarix and grass. Looking west ... quarantine bldgs. in back. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Dune grass - principal hay of isl[and] apparently, looks like salt grass but has runners, and is covered with scale. Sporobolus virginicus. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Tamarix at front of Portuguese cemetery. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Typical barren soil of St. Vincent - looking toward mts. where a few Acacia like trees mark drainage channels. High mts. and cloud in back. Between Portuguese cemetery & St. Vincent. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

The market. Shows corn, beans, bananas, fish, sweet potatoes. [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Shows street tree of St. Vincent, Thespesia populnea - paved streets, with no irrigation for the trees. They are however widely spaced and would be able to utilize the water which falls on a wide area of surface. [Shantz travel journal, July 28,…

Shows washing place with the bay in back.... This enclosure with a cement platform in the centre. Tubs and washboards & soap are used. The cloths are laid out and held down by stones. [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

Shows washing place with the bay in back and coconut palms at left.... The cloths are laid out and held down by stones. [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

Detail of drying cloths. Often they slop water over them after they have been "stoned down." [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

Shows seashore with Ulva, & brown sea weeds - many shells, sea urchins, anemones (red), but almost no birds (except ravens and white buzzards). [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]

Typical view of mts. and vegetation - a small composite?, an occasional Mesembranthemum, Oreocarya, and a small Suaeda like plant where protected - a dry wash. [Shantz travel journal, July 29, 1919]