BOOKS BY
FRANCES BONKER
AND
JOHN JAMES THORNBER

THE SAGE OF THE DESERT DESERT FLOWERS THE FANTASTIC CLAN

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Published February, 1932
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NORWOOD PRESS LINOTYPE, INC.
NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A.

To the Memory of My Father
JAMES THORNBER
A Seeker After the Odd and
the Beautiful in Nature
J. J. T.

To My Aunt
LIDA PLANT TRUMBULL
A Collector of Rare and Unique Specimens
of the Weird Fantastic Clan
F. B.

MEXICAN NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; REINA DE NOCHE; SERPENT CACTUS (Cereus serpentinus)

THE FANTASTIC CLAN. THE CACTUS FAMILY.

Studies of that unique and fascinating growth, the Cactus plant, treating of all the most important groups of Cacti known, with scientific accuracy, and depicting the charm of the desert land, its magic spell and wondrous lure, in the great Cactus area of the world, the American desert of the Southwest.

By JOHN JAMES THORNBER, A.M.,
Professor of Botany, University of Arizona
and FRANCES BONKER.

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