Close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920

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Photograph of a close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920.; "This popular group of cacti from South America consists of about 60 species. These vigorous-growing, mostly columnar-shaped cacti are easy to grow and make excellent container plants when small. Outdoors, when used as landscaping plants, these cacti will usually reach a height of 30 feet or more, growing up to 4 feet per year. Some branch at the top, resembling a candelabrum; others branch close to the base. In the spring or summer, their funnel-shaped flowers open at night closing as the sun rises. They may be white, pink or green and 6 to 8 inches long, growing near the plant's crown. The gorgeous blossoms are followed by green, red, or purple, edible fruits. C. validus grows up to 25 feet high with a spread of 10 feet. On new growth, its long spines are shiny black. When the stem reaches a height of 4 feet, beautiful flowers grow intermittently throughout the summer. The white blossoms are stained with salmon or pink. They are followed by greenish-purple fruits. C. hildmannianus var. Monstrose (Curiosity Plant; Giant Club) is an interesting variety forming a twisted, dark blue-green stem. The disfigured stem is caused by deformed growing points. The Curiosity Plant is covered with short, red or gold spines. It bears white flowers, which are followed by brown fruits. This plant can grow up to 15 feet high. C. aethiops is an attractive plant the forms clumps of tall, slender, blue-green stems adorned with contrasting black spines. When the stem is 3 or 4 feet high, it flowers several times in the summer. Its blossoms are followed by plum-shaped, purplish-brown fruits. This variety can reach a height of 10 feet." -- unknown author.

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Title Close-up of a specimen of night blooming ceres (Ce'reus), ca.1920

Subject Botany -- Cacti (file heading), Cactus (lcsh), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17397

Identifier 5496 (accession number), CHS-5496 (call number), CHS-5496 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17394 (legacy record id), chs-m17397 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14203 (legacy record id), 1-77-64 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17394

Unique identifier UC142598

Legacy Identifier CHS-5496.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.5 cm at 300dpi

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Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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