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Prohibition Cactus (Cereus Emoryi) 



(Named in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Emory, who was 

 in charge of the Mexican Boundary Survey) 



Hoiv to identify and how it grows 



This is a low-branched plant a foot or two high, growing 

 prostrate with erect branches in thick impenetrable masses 

 ten to twenty feet across. Numerous stiff, needlelike thorns 

 form a dense spiny yellowish coating over the entire mass. 

 There are many pale yellow to yellow-brown flowers an inch 

 and a half long which cluster near the tips of the stems. 

 The fruit is globose and densely spiny, an inch or so in 

 diameter. The plant is not attractive nor very cereus-like. 



How to grow 



This species can be transplanted in the spring by digging 

 rooted stems, planting in gravelly clay soil, and irrigating 

 sufficiently to moisten the soil in dry periods; or by digging 

 a shallow hole and partly covering the stems with soil kept 

 moist but not wet. The plants will grow out of doors and 

 endure only a few degrees of frost; where the temperature 

 drops more than fifteen degrees below freezing they must 

 be protected outside, or grown indoors or in a warm, sunny 

 greenhouse. 



Old Max Cactus; White Persian Cat Cactus; 

 Bunny Cactus (Cereus senilis) 



(Named from the long white hairs or beards 

 found on young plants) 



How to identify and how it grows 



This cactus is columnar, and some mature plants reach a 

 height of forty-five feet. It is native to Mexico and not 



