i9o: 



(jleaninctS in bi{;e culture. 



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3. — THE CELKBKATEI) FOREST OF GIANT CACTI ON THE ROAD 

 LEADING FROM TEMPE TO PH(ENIX, ARIZONA. 



to grow, and that landscape gardeners in 

 the Eastern cities would paj' thousands of 

 dollars for if the.v could onU' cultivate them. 

 Speaking about the fruit of the tree cac- 

 tus reminds me that no one but an Indian 

 can eat it. It affects white men very se- 

 riousl}', and some have been known to die 



from it; for it has a beautiful flavor, and 

 therein lies the danger. Before civilization 

 had- encroached on either side of this mag- 

 nificent forest of cacti, the Indians were in 

 the habit of getting water from them. 

 There is a trick about.it that they alone 

 understand; and although the water, I am 





A KIl'.LD OF ALFALFA IN FULL HLOOM. 



