"DESERT BLOOM"

YUCCAS IN BLOOM IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THIS CLUMP OF GRACEFUL YUCCAS IN BLOOM
SHOWS THE DESERT IN ITS GENTLEST MOOD
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THE CHOLLA OR BUCKHORN
IN FULL BLOOM
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SUNSET ON THE DESERT
FANTASTIC SCENES, MIRAGES, AND SUNSETS OF GREAT BEAUTY ARE RARE CHARMS OF THE DESERT.  THE GREAT VARIETY OF CACTUS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE ARE, LEST TO RIGHT-THE CHOLLA, BISNAGA OR NIGGER-HEAD, OCATILLO OR DEVIL'S COACH-WHIP, PALMAS OR PRICKLY-PEAR, GIANT SAHUARO, AND AT THE EXTREME RIGHT THE BARRELL CACTUS.  ALL ARE FORTIFIED WITH THORNS AS THO FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR LIVES-EVERYTHING ON THE DESERT DOES BATTLE FOR AN EXISTENCE.
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SOTOL AND PRICKLY PEAR
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CACTUS IN BLOOM, ARIZONA
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT IS NEITHER MONNOTONOUS NOR LIFELESS. BESIDES THE MARVELOUS  COLORING THERE IS A GREAT VARIETY OF CACTI, FROM THE SAGUARO CACTUS TOWERING THIRTY TO SIXTY FEET IN HEIGHT CROWNED BY CLUSTERS OF WHITE FLOWERS, TO THE SHORT AND FIERCELY THORNY CUCUMBER CACTUS WITH LARGE CRIMSON FLOWERS.
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