. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. Fig. 534.—Mammillaria elephantidens. resembling the shape of a melon. It is unbranched, and has a soft, woolly, cap-like head at the apex, bearing small tubular rose-coloured blossoms. M. com- munis (Turk's Cap) (Fig. 536) is most remarkable; it has a globular stem, 2 ft. to 3ft. in diameter, and on the top a cap, cylindrical in shape, from 5 in. to 12in. in height, covered with red spines, which closely resemble a Turkish fez; the flowers, which are red, are produced on top. M. depressus, instead of having a cylindr
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. Fig. 534.—Mammillaria elephantidens. resembling the shape of a melon. It is unbranched, and has a soft, woolly, cap-like head at the apex, bearing small tubular rose-coloured blossoms. M. com- munis (Turk's Cap) (Fig. 536) is most remarkable; it has a globular stem, 2 ft. to 3ft. in diameter, and on the top a cap, cylindrical in shape, from 5 in. to 12in. in height, covered with red spines, which closely resemble a Turkish fez; the flowers, which are red, are produced on top. M. depressus, instead of having a cylindrical cap, has a broad tuft of red spines and wool like a skull-cap. M. Miquelii is oval, dark green, and has a cylindrical cap com- posed of white threads and red bristles. Opuntia (Indian Fig or Prickly Pear).—This is about the best known and the most exten- sively grown of all the Cacti, and from one species (O. cochinelliferd) the cochineal insect is obtained. They bear various coloured flowers — yellow, red, and purple—and can stand a low winter tempera- ture, some being almost hardy. Sorts : O. arbor- escens grows in the form of . a tree ; the flowers appear on the. -Mammillaria macromeris. '. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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