THE FANTASTIC 

 CLAN. THE CACTUS 



1/ ^ IVl IJL^JL • Studies of that unique and 

 fascinating growth, the Cactus plant, treating 

 of all the most important groups of Cacti 

 known, with scientific accuracy, and depicting 

 the charm of the desert land, its magic spell and 

 wondrous lure, in the great Ctctus area of the 

 world, the American desert of the Southwest. 



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Bv JOHN JAMES THORNBER, A.M., 



Professor of Botany, University of Arizona 



and FRANCES BONKER. 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 



NEW YORK : : : : : MDCCCCXXXII 



