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A Beautiful Flowering Cactus 



This is the cactus known as Opuntia basilaris, a low 

 spreading form that makes a very striking contrast with the 

 giant spineless opuntias in 3/r. Burbank's garden. The present spe- 

 cies is too small to be of any value as a forage plant, but its 

 flowers give it high rank as a border plant for the garden. 



