YOUNG ROYAL CACTUS 

 PLANTS 



Royal is a word that has attractive 

 meanings when applied to plants, what- 

 ever one may think of it nowadays in 

 its application to the human being. 

 This name would not have been given 

 to this particular variety of spineless 

 cactus had it not shown altogether 

 exceptional qualities. To casual inspec- 

 tion the most striking thing about it is 

 its propensity to strike out in all 

 directions, as if claiming all the land 

 and air in the neighborhood as Us birth- 

 right, but it is a wonderful forage 

 producer. 



