EditorialJar with Cut Maguey Leaves, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 3rd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima, Colima, Ceramic, H. 6 15/16 x Diam. 10 1/2 in. (17.7 x 26.7 cm), Ceramics-Containers, Like other ceramic objects from Colima, the subject matter of this vessel ...
EditorialCantina Loca, which offers shareable plates, like tempura-fried cactus, spicy pollo adobado and silky vanilla flan, in the LoHi neighborhood of Denver, July 14, 2022. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialCactus tenuis (Taper mammillaria, Mammillaria tenuis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832.
EditorialPeyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii (Mr. Williams' echinocactus, Echinocactus williamsii). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," London, 1847.
EditorialTurk's head cactus, Melocactus caroli-linnaei. Taken from Candolle and Redoute, "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum." Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Be...
EditorialWoolly nipple cactus, Mammillaria mammillaris (Cactus mamillaris). Taken from a plate by Candolle and Redoute "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum." Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Wei...
EditorialNightblooming cereus, Selenicereus grandiflorus (Cactus grandiflora). Engraved by C. Ermer after Candolle and Redoute, "Plantarum Historia Succulentarum." Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Child...
EditorialTurk's head cactus, Melocactus intortus (Greater Turk's cap melon thistle, Melocactus communis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1831.
EditorialEchinopsis cinnabarina cactus (Cinnabar flowered echinocactus, Echinocactus cinnabarinus). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Curtis's Botanical Magazine," London, 1847.
EditorialRyukokki or false cactus, Euphorbia lactea. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialFarmers harvesting cochineal beetles, Dactylopius coccus, from Opuntia cochenillifera cactus and roasting and drying the insects to prepare carmine dye, Mexico, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Pict...
EditorialCactus Giganta, San Jose. Lawrence & Houseworth; American, active 1860s. Date: 1864. Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.1 cm (each image); 8.3 x 17.1 cm (card). Albumen print, stereo, No. 75 from the series "California". Origin: United States.
EditorialCactus Gigantea - 18 feet high, San Jose, Santa Clara County. Thomas Houseworth & Co.; American, 1828-1915. Date: 1863-1873. Dimensions: 8 x 7.7 cm (each image); 8.6 x 17.7 cm (card). Albumen print, stereo, No. 73 from the series "San Jose, Cal.". ...