LITTLE GARDENS 



surfeit and expire. Hot sunshine and little rain 

 are their chief requirements, so the difficulty of 

 keeping them contented in a cool and rainy land 

 is obvious. Their bizarre forms, their hoary 

 heads, bristling pincushions, snaky arms, tall 

 candelabra, their melon shapes and their flat, 

 leathery lobes are interesting, certainly, and ex- 

 perts persuade them to flower in surprising ways, 

 but in the north country I would rather have a 

 lily than a hundred cacti. Out on the plains in 

 June it is a different matter. The bursting forth 

 of rose and lemon-yellow cactus flowers in early 

 summer is one of the shows of the world. Here 

 are we in a yard and can not see it. 



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