. 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. Gardening. CACALIA CACTUS 203 glabrous : Ivs. petioled. None of the species are known to be in the Amer. trade, but some of the native kinds may be expected to appear in commerce. Ji'or an account of the N. Amer. species, see Gray, Syn. PI., vol. 1, p. 2, pp. 394-6. CACALIA of the florists. See 302. Showine the re
. 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. Gardening. CACALIA CACTUS 203 glabrous : Ivs. petioled. None of the species are known to be in the Amer. trade, but some of the native kinds may be expected to appear in commerce. Ji'or an account of the N. Amer. species, see Gray, Syn. PI., vol. 1, p. 2, pp. 394-6. CACALIA of the florists. See 302. Showine the remarkable condensation of the plant body in a cactus—Mamillaria micromeris. CACAJA6FSIS (Cacalia-like). Compdsitm. One spe- cies, with discoid, very many-fld. heads of perfect yel- low florets, and palmate Ivs. Nard6smia, Gray. Strong perennial, 1-2 ft. high, loose, woolly, but becoming nearly glabrous: Ivs. nearly all radical, long-stallted, 5-9-cleft or parted, the lobes dentate or cut; heads an inch high, in a loose cluster at the summit of the nearly nailed stem, fragrant. Pine woods, Calif, to Wash.—Int. by Gillett in 1881 as a border plant. CACAO, COCOA. See Theobroma. CACTUS, CACTI. The peculiar forms included under this name constitute the family Cactdcece. They are especially characteristic of the warm and dry regions of America, their display being greatest in Mexico, although extending from the plains of North America and east- ward southward through the West Indies and Mexico to southern South America. Aside from certain African species of Rhipsalis, this great family, containing about 1,000 linown species, is absolutely restricted to Amer- ica. The common prickly pear (Opuntia F\cus-Indica] has long been naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, and its pulpy fruit is eaten under the name of "Indian ; The chief display of Cacti in the United States is in the Mexican border states, representing the northern edge of the still more extensive Me
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