Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 573
h myriads of prickles al-most too fine to see, others, like the cholla,with barbed needles two inches long, and thebiznaga, with great four-inch spikes that canrip and gash like a wildcats claws. The In-dian pony that I rode on the desert, wise ashe was in the ways of cactus, was not wiseenough… … THE BIZNAGA, OR BARREL CACTUS flowers, many of them never seen except bythe chance traveler on the desert. Theybear some good fruits, too—one which takesthe place of lemons, another with a flavorlike strawberries, another like cranberries,while one kind is known as Barbadoesgooseberries. In candy…
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