78 THE FANTASTIC CLAN 



filaments and yellow anthers and stigma lobes of deep gfeen, 

 presenting a very beautiful color combination. Golden 

 Splned Cacti grow well in clumps along the arid gravelly 

 slopes of the rocky foothills of southeastern California, 

 western Arizona, and Sonora. 



How to grow 



Plants can be grown out of doors, and are not injured with 

 twenty degrees of frost. They grow readily from seed in 

 pots or flats In moist sandy soil, preferably with part shade 

 for the first few months, but with a dry atmosphere. Large 

 plants can be transplanted late In winter or early in spring 

 In gravelly or rocky soil with a sunny exposure, and watered 

 once or twice a month during the growing season to keep 

 the soil slightly moist. 



Indian or Desert Strawberry; Engelmann's 



Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus Engelmannii) 



(Named In honor of Dr. George Engelmann of St. Louis, 

 one of the greatest authorities on cacti) 



How to identify and how it grows 



The Indian or Desert Strawberry Cactus, like others of 

 the Hedgehog clan, has a system of cylindrical stems which 

 grow about fifteen Inches tall, with a diameter of two to 

 three Inches, and the usual ridges along which are placed 

 the many sharp spines. The stems are yellow or green- 

 ish yellow and of course fade a little with age. Quite reg- 

 ularly along the ridges there are radially placed spines an 

 Inch long or less, and these make a formidable armor against 

 Intrusion. The stout, firm, erect, or spreading central spines 

 are twice as long as the radlals. All these thorns have 

 bulbous bases and most are grooved, curved, and twisted; 

 the colors are whitish to red-brown. The large flowers are 



