118 THE FANTASTIC CLAN 



May, while the fruit ripens In July and August. The Porcu- 

 pine Prickly Pear grows at high altitudes and will endure 

 temperatures below zero without Injury. 



How to grow 



A popular beauty In gardens, It grows readily from mature 

 cuttings planted at almost any season. If planted In early 

 spring, they should blossom the same season. The cuttings 

 should be dried off first to give the cut time to heal over, 

 planted In gravelly or loamy soil with about one-half of the 

 cutting covered, and watered once a month during the grow- 

 ing season. The species may be grown also from seed in 

 flats or pots In moist soil with partial shade but with dry 

 air. The plants are not injured by temperatures of twenty- 

 five degrees below zero, and hence with proper soil, drain- 

 age, and limited irrigation may be grown out of doors in 

 almost any part of the United States or of the temperate 

 zones. 



