Vol. 3 



No. 3 



TORREYA 



March, 1903 



VITAL PERSISTENCY OF AGAVE AMERICANA 



By S. B. Parish 



In the autumn of 1890 Mr. George S. Myers, of Riverside, 

 California, planted on his grounds a young Agave Americana. 

 By 1 900 it had become so inconveniently large that its removal 



FlG. I. Agave Americana. 



was desirable, and in March, its leaves having first been sawed 

 off, it was dug up, and, by the aid of a horse, drawn aside, where 

 it was left to become dry and be burned. The next spring it 



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