Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 85
against the arch-enemy of vegetation, Drought. Still, it isall the more remarkable to find such fear-some objects, under the touch of spring, put-ting out a really glorious show of blossom.When you are watching every step for fearof being lamed any moment by the terriblecactus thorns, it is amazing… … WILD CENTURY-PLANTS There is a queer plant which, on accountof its thorniness, is often wrongly taken for akind of cactus, and which contributes one,of the finest entries to the Great SpringDesert Flower Show. This is the candle-wood, or ocotillo (pronounced oc-o-tee-o),a wildlooking thing…
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