STYLOPHYLLUM EDULE 



A curious plant, with long, cylindrical, pointed leaves, 

 used as a salad by the California Indians. 



Plants 50 cents each, $4 per dozen, $20 per 100. 

 STYLOPHYLLUM ORCUTTI 



Similar to S: edule, but smaller. Plants 25 cents each, 

 $10 per 100. 

 YUCCA MOJAVENSIS 



Plants $1.00 each. 

 ZEPHYRANTHES CANDIDA 



Zephyr Flower. A small bulbous plant, with lovely white 

 flowers about 2 inches across. 



Bulbs 50 cents per dozen, $2 per 100. 



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CACTOGRAPHY 



MAMMILLARIA BOCASANA 



Named for the Sierra de Bocas, Mexico, where this small 

 cactus grows among the rocks, less than 2 inches high, flat- 

 tened-globose, often in clustered heads covered with inter- 

 lacing white radial spines, one of the 4 central spines is 

 hooked. 



Plants Fifty cents each, when in stock. 

 MAMMILLARIA DIOICA 



Mrs. Katharine Brandegee gave this name to the common 

 fish-hook cactus, once so abundant around San Diego, Cali- 

 fornia, and south in Baja California — formerly considered 

 to be Scheer's M: Goodridgii (Goodrichii), originally de- 

 scribed from Corros (Cedrus) Island. 



Plants 25 cents each; clusters $1.00. 

 MYRTILLOCACTUS GEOMETRIZANS 



Garambulla. A small tree, much branched, with 5 or 6 

 ribs with clusters of stout ashy spines, yielding a small fruit, 

 much relished by the Mexicans either in its fresh or dried 

 state. Plants $1.00 each. 



PENIOCEREUS GREGGII 



Jara Matraca; remarkable for the enormous fleshy root, 

 from which the slender 4- or 5-ribbed stem rises and pro- 

 duces large white nocturnal flowers. The ovoid long-acumi- 

 nate scarlet fruit, bearing elevated spineless areoles, is 

 edible. 



The tuberous roots $2.00, $3.00, or $5.00 each. 

 SELENICEREUS GRANDIFLORUS 



Queen of the Night, a climbing species, with slender stems 

 and short spines, bearing large fragrant white flowers, open 

 at night only. The stems are used in medicine. 



Plants 25 cents to $1.00 each. 



