Show A hardy cactus JL L avre grows upon the sand bands of the atlantic coast at least as far no north rth as the virginia line a little cactus with a pretty yellow flower it flourishes in i the drnest seasons and where nought but bare sand is visible for many square yards the secret of its sturdy dy growth amid hard conditions is found perhaps in the character of its roots they are long and tough like twine coords and radiating in several directions they convey to the plant whatever moisture the ground con contains fains for yards around oddly enough to too 0 this cactus when torn ii up by the roots and conveyed north seems to live on indell indefinitely under entirely new conditions its roots cut short planted in clay soil coil and abundantly watered |