. 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. OPUNTIA OPUNTIA 1149 in. wide, sometimes twice as large, dark to light green: areolae with gray wool and bright reddish brown bris- tles; spines sometimes wanting, when present 1-3 and mostly marginal, stout, 1 in. long, white with darker tips and bases, frequently 1-3 small secondary spines also present : fls.
. 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. OPUNTIA OPUNTIA 1149 in. wide, sometimes twice as large, dark to light green: areolae with gray wool and bright reddish brown bris- tles; spines sometimes wanting, when present 1-3 and mostly marginal, stout, 1 in. long, white with darker tips and bases, frequently 1-3 small secondary spines also present : fls. 3 in. or less in diam., golden yellow, frequently with reddish center: fr. sleuder-clavate or broader, lH-2 in. long, yellowish red to purple, with insipid purplish pulp; seeds comparatively large. West central U. S. —An exceedingly variable species of wide distribution and imperfectly known. Many varieties have been described, some of which are in the trade. The extreme forms vary greatly from the type. Of these forms vars. Gre^nii, oplocarpa, cymochila, steno- chila and macrorhiza have appeared in the trade. Hardy in Mass. 25. VTilg&.ris, Mill. Bakberet Fig. A diffuse, pros- trate plant a foot or less high: joints usually resting on the ground and rooting from the lower margin, obovate to suborbicular, thick, 2-A in. in greatest diam., pale green: areolae with grayish wool and a few short, greenish yellow bristles; spines rarely present, when present usually 1, stout, erect, less than 1 in. long, yellow, often variegated: fls. 2 in. wide, pale or chrome-yellow: fr. obovate to spherical, 1 in. in diam., red, flesh insipid. Eastern U. S. Hardy in Mass. 26. Pes-c6rvi, LeConte. A small, diffuse, prostrate plant, rarely reaching 1 ft. in height: joints fragile, somewhat tumid, narrowly ovate to obovate or oblong, 2—i in. long and less than Iialf as wide, frequently much smaller, very thick, broadly oval in transverse section, bright green with a bluish tinge: areolae circ
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