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Show A Want Urt llnixs This same cactus, by the way, It not ono ot tho lesser curiosities surrounding surround-ing l'hoculx. Among the numerous varieties nono Is so remarkable as tho tahuaro, or giant cactus, which It peculiar pe-culiar to the southwest nnd grows to tho proportions of a great tree, attaining attain-ing In tomo Instances n height ot sixty feet. A forest of these, prickly monsters mon-sters Is to unlike, nn) thing occurring at any other point of tho globe nt to bo almost Indescribable lilting like great fluted column!, the largest eud pointing to the iky, with not a bud or branch of any description, the effect It grotesque, but oti a desert gratifying gratify-ing Arriving In Phoenix from any direction, di-rection, one leaves n mighty desert nnd It Immediately enveloped In a wealth ot verdure nnd Mowers Ho meets everywhere the flora peculiar to tho tropica In private grounds nnl public parks the stately palm and the spreadlug canopy of tho umbrella treo greet the eye. while the drooping frond-llko foliage, of the pepper treo lends Itt aottneea to tho scene Alongside Along-side these flourish tho ollvo and tho nlmond, the eucalyptus and the oleander, ole-ander, all unconscious that they nro performing something wonderful transforming a recent desert Into a garden of Ilden I Angeles Herald |
