ECHINOCACTUS 



ECHIXOCACTUS 



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\ liM Iru al "ipecies 

 I III 1 kinds not 



II 1 i< f Cattacese 

 jittn be an ad van 



r growing species 



) makes an excel 



stock plants of rea 



, known as 'wedge 



Ccieits Baumu, 



lent stock to gi itt i\ n 



sonable size lud hi i^,lit 11 



grattmg is peihips best tor the purpose and the e irly 



spiing months or lust is the growing season lb about 



to commence is the best time for grafting 



If plants ot EthinOLactub cin b, ki | t m n h Mh^ 

 condition thev ire not mni h troul Ii 1 \\iTb m ' I f 

 mealy bug IS their woi St enelu^ in 1 li ul I I i m \ I 



and led ii n 1 tl 

 long the { ii| 1 I t 



neled above 1 Ii 1 

 sometimes red twot 



nil 1 tliui aid one titth in 

 th lower one longest (some 

 ! Mrj robust (flit and chin 

 « iiw ird flowers j ellow o 



ind three fifths m lon„ Fron 



southern Ltah to northern Mexico and Lower Cihfornia 

 CC ]SoHe of the tpnu-, aiuiulati 

 o brevihamatus Fu^flm ( 1 bo e r-s iti Aer^ dirk 



B Cmt.aUpnu s^hhuij 



1 Wrlghtu (£ loiiuittiis Tir ^)Uihlii Engelra ) 

 Oval J-b in high Z-3'^ in m dmu radial spines s 

 arranged as m uncinitus central spine solitarj angled 

 flexuous and hooked elongated (2-6 m ) erect stnw 

 color, with dark tip flowers l-lj^ in long dark pur 

 pie Texas and northern Mexico 



EB Central spines 4 

 c Some oi alt of the "ipines annulate 



2 cylindra.ceus Engelm Plobn o to ovite or ovite 



upper edge of ireola 1-2 in 1 ii„ tin 1 wi 

 and shorter and much hooked centrals 4 ■\ er^ 

 4-angled about 2 m long ind one tweltth to ^a 

 the uppermost broadest and almost straight 

 the lowest decurved flowers -yellow bouthw 

 United btates and Lower Cihfornia 



longihamatus ttal '^ubglobose < 



be. (11 



cui\cd or tnistid the Ion ci ont, stuutci cluu^ated 

 (3-8 in ) flexuous and more or less hooked flowers 

 yellow tinged with red 2i4-3hi m lonfe Texas and 



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745 Echinocacti 



