Bui. 208, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate II. 



Fig. 1.— A 6-Acre Planting of Native Prickly Pear at Brownsville, Tex. 

 about the Middle of the Second Season's Growth. 



Fig. 2.— Native Uncultivated Prickly Pear Growing Near Brownsville, Tex. 



