Postcard AZ: Many Varieties of Cacti of the Southwest, Linen For Sale

Description: This linen-era card illustrates nine labeled varieties of cacti and desert plants found in the American Southwest, including Saguaro, Ocotillo, Buck Horn, Barrel, Pin Cushion, Rainbow, Prickly Pear, Cholla, Spanish Yucca, and Mescal. The colorful illustrated scene depicts the plants arranged across a desert landscape with distant mountains and a blue sky. The card's reverse includes an informational passage about Southwest vegetation noting that many plants have thorns as a natural defense.

Publisher: Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card, No. 2A-H360; distributed by Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, NM.