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ridged and curved, and in many Instances are twisted. Near 

 the lower ends they are grayish and tone off to a dull brown 

 at the tips. This plant Is of the solitary-stem variety and 

 grows to about one foot high and six Inches or less In diam- 

 eter. It is cylindrical and usually Is found with eight spiral 

 ridges less than an Inch high and two Inches apart, which are 

 rounded and light gray or light blue-green. The areolas are 

 rather well crowded together. The flowers are about two 

 inches long and have a delicate deep pink to rose-pink color- 

 ing, opening only in the bright sunshine and for just one day. 

 The flower Is composed of thirty-eight spatulate petals and 

 fourteen sepals. The style Is a bright pink. The fruit is 

 oblong and has a dense woolly growth of long cream-white 

 hairs; when ripe It is red. These plants grow well in the 

 arid rocky or stony soils of the open desert and foothills, 

 never In great abundance. 



How to grow 



Set plants in the spring in gravelly or stony soil in sunny 

 locations with good drainage, and give enough Irrigation 

 to retain the moisture in the soil during the growing season. 

 Plants grow readily from seed In pots or flats In sandy loam, 

 in part shade, with enough water to keep the soil lightly moist. 

 The plants grow outside and inside and are not injured by a 

 temperature of twenty-five degrees below freezing. 



Fishhook Cactus; Candy Barrel Cactus 



(Echinocactus Wislizeni — Ferocactus Wislizeni ) 



(Named in honor of Dr. A. WIslizenus, who was in charge 

 of a botanical expedition to the Southwest in 1848) 



How to identify and how it grows 



The Candy Barrel Cactus Is a very fine plant which grows 

 as high as seven feet and has twenty to thirty ridges running 



