Archive image from page 117 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 1144 OPUNTIA horticulturist, though tlicy are much more widely useil and of far more economic importance tlian many plants which have an established iilacr in ininiological litera- ture. Prom the fact that i>|
Archive image from page 117 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 1144 OPUNTIA horticulturist, though tlicy are much more widely useil and of far more economic importance tlian many plants which have an established iilacr in ininiological litera- ture. Prom the fact that i>|.uTiii:i- best in regions where experimental liortimlnin' receives little or no attention, the development of desirable economic varieties has not been what might be expected of plants which respond so readily to cultivation and selection, and which may be hybridized with so little difBculty Botanically varying from 1543 Opunt a ra nos. ssima To illustrate tdMirttioii. which is ot hequent oecurience in nearly all species of Cacti. logically, it is a modified stem with the true seed capsule sunken into its apex; hence it bears leaves and spines, and usually under suitable conditions and frequently in the natural state, when it becomes detached, will bud and grow like a normal stem-cutting. the aborigines of id were early and Spanish ter becoming dcira islands. irts(or)/. âOpuntias America at the time of taken by the Spanish ex colonies in other parts o established in the Canarie it was not long before their . \t,ml. .1 tn Portu- gal, Spain and the whole littoral n -im .h I species so difftcult that the considerable literature on this subject is extremely tin- certain as to nomenclature. The common names Indian Fig, Barberry Pig, Prickly Pear, and Tuna, are applied indiscriminately by most people to any flat-jointed Opun- tias, but more particularly to the kinds with edible fruits. The two most widely distributed and extensively cul- tivated are O. Ficus-Tdi
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