The West American Scientist. 



Established 1S82 

 The ORCUTT SEED and PT.ANT Com- 

 pany, San Diego. California. 

 Collectors, Importers, and Growers. 

 Wholesale and Retail. 

 Cable address: ORCUTT. 

 We offer our services for the procure- 

 ment of any seeds, bulbs or plants that 

 may be desired. Our correspondence is 

 world wide, and our facilities and expe- 

 rience insure satisfaction to our patron.^. 

 Terms: CASH WITH OR.DER, except 

 by special contract. All goods travel at 

 the risk and exjjense of purchaser. Pack- 

 ing and material (bo>'es. ba?s, etc.) 

 charged at cost. Complaints must be 

 made within ten days of receipt of goods 

 to receive recognition. 



ORCITTT SEED and PLANT Company. 

 San Diego, California. 



LATHYRUS SPLENDENS Kellogg. 



"Pride of California," distinguished for 

 its profusion of large brilliant rose red to 

 crimson flowers borne in clusters of 10 or 

 more t'he second year from seed. The 

 most magnificent of the native climbing 

 plants of West America. Described as 

 half-hardy in New Jersey. It stands 

 frost and snows in the mountains of 

 Southern and Lower California, up to 

 4.000 feet altitude, where it festoons the 

 shrubbery with its wealth of color. 



Seed 25 cents a packet, $1 an ounce. 

 THE STRAWBERRY GTTAVA. 



The Cattley Guava (Psidium Cattley- 

 anum), better known as the strawberry, 

 IS rapidly gaining in popular favor 

 throughout Florida and Southern Califor- 

 nia, and has been highly recommended 

 for cultivation in Arizona and New Mexi- 

 co. It is unquestionably the most desira- 

 ble and useful of the many varieties of 

 fruits known under the name of guava 

 It is a shrub or small tree that adapts it- 

 self to a dwarfish habit when grown in 

 the 'house in cold climates, but in a con- 

 genial clime attains a maximum growth 

 of 1.'-, to 20 feet in height, of compact form . 

 and with dense, glossy evergreen foliage, 

 which makes it a very ornamental tree 

 especially when loaded with its rich col- 

 ored fruit. I' 



Seeds .$2.00 per pound, 10c. a packet. 

 PHOENIX CANARIENSIS Hort. 



The Canary Islands date palm is an ele- 

 gant, hardy, ornamental species, often 

 planted in Southern California lawns. 



Seeds 50 cents ner 100. 

 PHIBNIX DACTYT.IFERA Linn. 



The well known date palm of northern 

 Africa and Arabia, is often planted for 

 quick tropical effect in Southern Califor- 

 nia, where space permits its luxuriant 

 growth. On the Colorado Desert and in 

 Arizona this palm has been planted more 

 extensively, with a promise of becoming 

 of commercial importance for its fruit 

 PHOEINIX RECLINATA Jacq. 



One of the hardiest and strongest grow- 

 ing date palms, withstanding sun and 

 wind in the most exposed positions, and 

 valued for its dark green, feathery foli- 



Seeds 50 cents per 100. 

 COTYLEDON EOULIS Brewer. 



'Ladies' Finger Tips,' so-called from the 

 round, slender leaves, said to have been 



eaten as a salad by the Indians. 



Plants ten cents to .$1.00 each. 

 COTYLEDON ORBICULATA Linn. 



A showy, old-time garden favorite, at- 

 taining a height of sevei-al feet and of 

 tropical aspect; of rapid growth, produc- 

 ing large ijendulous orange colored flow- 

 ers of rare permanence. South Africa. 



Cuttings ten cents; plants 25 cents to .$1. 



CACTI. 



Having purchased Mr. E. J. Buell's 

 cactus garden, and nearly the whole of 

 Mr. A. H. Alverson's stock of cacti and 

 succulents, together with importatiens of 

 more than 20,000 cacti frc>m Mexico, we 

 can now offer a great variety at mode- 

 rate prices— quoted on application. 



We desire to exchange for books and 

 plants not in our garden. 



EXCHANGES. 



Brief notices inserted free for sub- 

 scribers. 

 BRUNETTI, B.: 



No. 353 Strand, London, England. 



North American Diptera mounted on 

 long pins wanted in exchange for Euro- 

 pean and other insects, stamps, etc. 



FRUHSTORFER, H.: 



Thurm-Strasse 37, Berlin, N. \V., r.cr- 

 many. 



North American Papilionidae, Pieridae, 

 Parnassus and Lycaenidae wanted in ex- 

 change for showy Papilionidae from Ja- 

 va. Butterflies, beetles, and other in- 

 sects in perfect condition, carefully 

 named, for sale cheap. 



DOB. ALBION: 



No. 3240 Briggs avenue, Alameda, Cal- 

 ifornia. 



LATTIN, FRANK H.: 



Albion, N. Y. Price lists of books, 

 shells, minerals, coiIeiIs, curios and relics 

 free. 



ORCUTT, C. R.: San Diego, California: 

 Sheila, plaints, etc., for books. 

 Subscriptions or advertising space in 



this magazine for lx)oks ar specimens. 



PRESTON, J. M^: 

 Baxter, Iowa. 

 Eggs to exchange for eggs. 



Established 1884. 



THE WEST AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 



Published Monthly. 



Pric« 10c a copy; $1 a year; $10 for life. 



Charles Russell Orcutt, Editor, 



Number 365 Twenty-first Street, 



San Diego, California, U. S. A. 



