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Three Young Crusoe s 



and yuccas. These needed very little water, but 

 they could not quite grow in the air like the orchids. 

 The night-blooming cereus bore large, fragrant 

 flowers that opened at night and attracted splendid 

 moths; theTurk's-headcactus had a red cap somewhat 













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Fig. 68. The Turk's-head cactus. 



like a Turkish fez; and there was a tall cactus with 

 little red specks on it, which were really cochineal 

 insects. 



The milky euphorbia, or spurge, used for the 



