A genus of exogenous plants containing several hundred varieties, all but one species being native to…
A large, flightless bird, the ostrich measures six to eight feet tall, and is native to the sandy desert…
"A coarse woolen stuff, woven of goats, or camels' or other hair or wool in Syria, Arabia, and neighboring…
"Camel is a genus of ruminant quadrupeds, characterized by the absence of horns; a fissure in the upper…
"Amid the barren deserts of Arabia, a few fertile spots of soil arise out of the sandy waste, like islands…
A generic name for a desert-dweller, a term generally applied to Arab nomadic groups, who are found…
"Drawing from life of the desert scorpion, Buthusaustralis." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
As a kind of joke, John, King Henry's youngest son, had been called Lackland, because he had nothing…
The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, 9,000,000 square kilometers, almost as large as the United…
During the prevalence of the simoom, particles of fine sand are carried into the atmosphere and obscure…
A primitive giraffe-camel. This primitive camel has no humps and an elongated neck, resembling a giraffe.
Strong dust storms that move in a circular motion. They mostly occur in deserts such as deserts found…
The mesquit is on of the characteristic shrubs throughout the desert. It varies in size from a straggling…
Two or three species of yucca are called Spanish bayonet. The shrub has a thick stalk about 3 or 4 feet…
The creosote is a sticky, resinous bush with small round evergreen leaves, yellow flowers, woolly fruit,…
The acacia have small leaves and very small yellow flowers in dense spherical or cylindrical heads.…
The giant cactus is by far the largest form of vegetation in the desert. They can grow to be over 20…
The palo verde is a very peculiar naked evergreen tree. It has small freen leaves in the rainy season,…
A dust storm or sandstorm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions and arises…
It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California, and…
The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cultivated for its edible…
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds . Members of this…
Cobras are venomous snakes of the familys Elapidae, of several genera, but particularly Naja. (Non-cobra…
An illustration of a portion of a date palm leaf. The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the…
Woad (or glastum) is the common name of the flowering plant Isatis tinctoria in the family Brassicaceae.…
The fertile plant of the Resurrection Plant (Selaginella lepidophylla), a spikemoss which lives in deserts.
Map of a desert area with yardangs, and cross sections of the same on a much larger scale. Yardangs…
Cross-section of a dune near Ostend, Belgium showing Eolian cross-bedding.
Cross-section of a dune near Ostend, Belgium showing Eolian cross-bedding.
"Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Sand-Ground, are true desert birds, affording excellent instances of protective…
"Amphispiza bilineata. Black-throated Sparrow. Black-faced Sage Sparrow. face, chin, and throat sharply…
Also known as Phoenix Dactylifera. The date palm tree is one of the oldest fruit trees in the world.…
"This colossal figure, human-headed and lion-bodied, is hewn from the natural rock. The body is about…
Also known as Washingtonia filifera. A palm tree native to the desert oases of the southwest United…
Also known as Yucca schidigera. A flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert in the Western…
The branch and fruit of a Yucca mohavensis, a species of plant from the agave family.
The Ariocarpus lloydii plant has a rounded top that is four inches or more in diameter. The flowers…
Illustrated is the fruit of eremocitrus glauca. It is known as Australian desert kumquat. The fruit…
The common name of eucalyptus rostrata is red gum. The tree blooms from April to July. The tree is able…
"And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they…