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The prickly pear (Opuntia chlorotica santarita) of thedesert in the American Southwest.
(This painting was kindly loaned by Dr. David Griffiths of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture and reprinted here through the courtesyof the Journal of the International Garden Club, where it firstappeared.)
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Popular Science Library
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
GARRETT P. SERVISS
AUTHORS
WILLIAM J. MILLER HIPPOLYTE GRUENER A. RUSSELL BOND
D. W. HERING LOOMIS HAVEMEYER ERNEST G. MARTIN
ARTHUR SELWYN-BROWN ROBERT CHENAULT GIVLER
ERNEST INGERSOLL WILFRED MASON BARTON
WILLIAM B. SCOTT ERNEST J. STREUBEL
NORMAN TAYLOR DAVID TODD
CHARLES FITZHUGH TALMAN
ROBIN BEACH
ARRANGED IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES
WITH A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, GLOSSARIES
AND A GENERAL INDEX
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME THIRTEEN
P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY
NEW YORK
Copyright 1922
By P. F. Collier & Son Company
MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A.
BOTANY
The Science of Plant Life
BY
NORMAN TAYLOR
Curator, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY
NEW YORK
PREFACE