DISPLAY OF CACTUS PLANTS
IMPORTATIONS FROM THE WEST THORNS STRONG ENOUGH FOR HOOKS. Among the many exhibits at to-day’s horticultural show there will be a display of cactus plants by Mr. Howard Edwards. Tho hortieulturalist is keenly interested in the cultivation of these plants and the many shapes and sizes in Mr. Edwards’ collection will attract the attention of everybody. Most of them have been procured in Texas and Mexico, countries that have provided stages for novelists. Mexican desert scenes have been popular in books with a western flavour, but tho growth of cacti has invariably been painted as something noxious. Under expert cultivation, however, these plants respond wonderfully and to-day displav will reveal a setting far removed from that usual in one of those books written round the lure of the sandy wastes of Mexico. The plants range from some that are verx small to others that are quite large. There are many shapes, some of them grotesque. A resemblance to hedgehogs may be seen in several, and there are varieties that have been used by the Indians to make hooks. In other cases there are plants which are capable of being made into sweet meats. The Wanganui Horticultural Society is fortunate in being able to stage this display as it will attract widespread interest.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 42, 19 February 1932, Page 6
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216DISPLAY OF CACTUS PLANTS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 42, 19 February 1932, Page 6
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