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SHINER CACTUS NURSERY 
Looking down from Diamante Trail 
above Saltillo, a cactus paradise. 
Saddle back Mountain, 
"©8 Monterrey 
Yucca australis 
Where cacti are found 
Picture made at an elevation of 5000 feet above the 
valley, fails to show the many turns made reaching 
the top, also the large rocks in the road. This trail 
climbs the 5000 feet in some 5 or 6 miles which explains 
why Mexican cacti when obtainable are valuable mem¬ 
bers of a collection. 
Picture taken on the Pan American Highway along the Cuesta 
de Llera looking out across a deep valley 12 or 20 miles across (it 
is impossible to judge) occupied by volcano shaped domes like that 
here shown. The perfect condition of the wide highway from Mon¬ 
terrey south gives the tourist freedom to enjoy to the last thrill 
the most spectacular and utterly different trip which it is possible 
to take on the North American continent. 
Old church and picturesque scenery on turn of Highway, 
south of Victoria. 
Off the beaten trail, a natural 
tunnel thru stratas of rock, 
West of Victoria. 
Dr. W. E. Lowry, Sr. on a cactus 
photographic trip in Mexico. Giant 
specimens shown are Ferocactus 
pringlei. 
