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‘ or PRICKLY PEARS 
Ban Magellan. They have become naturalized in the Old World and became an appalling pest in Aus- 
and tralia. In Italy and Mexico the fruits are sold in the markets. Some 20 carloads a year are shipped 
ds from California to eastern Italian markets. The young succulent pads of the spineless platyopuntias 
stly can be used as a vegetable by slicing into slivers and serving as for string beans. The woody steles 
ting of old trunks are called “lace wood” and made into novelty furniture, table lamps, etc. Many have 
‘ent exquisite flowers with silken petals of brilliant colors. Nothing could be lovelier than a colony 
hus of Opuntia littoralis whose flowers range from yellow to bright red or the Beaver Tail whose 
ethereal blossoms grace our harshest desert slopes. Some flower freely in cultivation others seldom 
and flower even in the wilds but depend upon their spiny, easily detached branchlets for survival. 
tia Most species are of the easiest culture growing in poor or rich soils in full sun or part shade. 
les, To keep them at their best however a reasonably poor sandy soil is recommended with moderate 
ny, waterings and a sunny position. indoors in shade or in rich soil they grow so rampantly they soon 
of lose their character and send out long, snake-like branches. 
GRIZZLY BEAR 
Opuntia erinacea forma ursina. A white or 
whitish yellow-spined plant with yellow flowers. 
The spines are hair-like, flexible and have been 
recorded to 12” long. It varies 35¢ 
greatly in different localities........................ 
MAIHUENIA 
An anomalous genus placed by Britton & Rose 
in Opuntieae. Many authors place it in Pereskieae 
but since the flowers are not stalked and one 
LEMON VINE be : ae 
T! h oy t t ila species has glochids (placed in a new genus 
o 7, 
Beet \oucoeet te arena Sereeia ee OLD MAN OPUNTIA BUNNY EARS Maihueniopsis) it seems rather strange to strain 
aculeata) has large leaves and waxy, ae vestita aes ae 5 : the seams of Pereskieae to receive it. It would 
lemon scented, creamy blossoms. It ed Holivian species bearing leaves puntia microdasys has long been a So 4a 3 F 3 
grows as a clambering vine at first in the spring and developing the favorite. A Mexican species whose poem ihe lacks ne plants IOS 0) LUT 
with prickles later with very long hair more abundantly after the glochids assume their very brightest primitive. Small, Chilean, low, branched plants 
Ate spines. in shipping 30c ane ent should be kept Aah cao sh _luxuriance in the with fat, persistent leaves, spines and yellow or 
s FOSais ee le 5s A : sun, remain x i eS 
it may drop its leaves Be ee ee a Be SOG Va ee Bere ee 25¢ red, rotate flowers. Maihuenia Poeppigii... $I 
DOMINOES 
; : THIMBLE TUNA 
Opuntia erectoclada is a dwarf Ar- ‘ Ae he ale ba : 
: gentinian species with trapeziform pads Tephrocactus sphaericus is an in- 
t and brown spines. It forms neat, small teresting tiny species with ovoid 
| clusters each pad with the ventral branches ee Cee Caan Flow- 
, edge facing the parent pad. It likes a ers, are, deep ruby-red. does not 
" fertile sande Seba a ght or Pate, pecs with this onan fully and may OPUNTIA TERES. CELS. 
position. be one of Backeberg’s new species. Young growth has quite long leaves which 
Ea elie ene cet eee eee ore es) ae! 25¢ Without herbarium comparison one SPRUCE CONES drop as the resting period approaches. A Boli- 
; can only form an 35¢ Tephrocactus strobiliformis has vian species with garnet-red 30 
2 OPIDLON no ----eo eee ee cece cence ee eeesenecee blue-grey, smooth branches from HOW erS2= 2th oie Leet ae - c 
CY | a 0 a Ren PAULIN eR Eee On igs gd La a 7 RTI SIT ORT 
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- 6”long but bears an occa- 
sional papery spine at the tip. 
From Argentina. It may become 
much wrinkled when resting. 
Culture as for the Paper Spine 
giving full sun. 
Each 35c¢ 
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; ORANGE TUNA 
: A form of Opuntia elata, The pads 
! are spineless or nearly so growing up- 
f right branching into a bushy head. Flow- 
, : ers are large, bright orange freely 
; borne. With age the plant forms a trunk. 
BOXING GLOVE native of Paraguay, 30c OPUNTIA MOELLERI 
PIG Tate tue teareeedee-w ck aq; 20cae 2 dateassescsescess ‘ x : 
é i i A species from Coahuila, Mexico 
, fulgide) wich oem Se leas with short, obovate joints and whitish OPUNTIA VERSCHAFFELTII 
H hollow and split at the tips into crests. OPUNTIA ELATA MARMORATA. A spines. Forms nice clusters 2-3 joints A pretty Bolivian species forming tiny, 
3 Every branch will do this. The com- form with oblong pads more brightly high, Flowers reportedly yellow. Grows tree-like specimens. Leaves caducous, flow- 
mon name is easily marked light and dark green. Pretty. readily with moderate 35c ers dark red. An interesting 35 
understood... WEN Ti ee i meee rere me ens creer ea 25¢ Wa LOUIS) ied wvecsteces sees cae et erasceeaceanen plants Hach: steer ee Cc 
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