CACTI, SUCCULENTS,. 



TREES, SHRUBS, AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Special Offers, -Aniivist, 189 T. 

 LYON & COBBE, NURSERYMEN. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 



Lovers of the odd and beautiful will herewith rind many well known and favorite trees 

 and plan's, and not a few that heretofo' hav never been offered by dealers in the 

 United States, and of which we have large stocks ready for IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. Except 

 where noted, all are thrifty plants, of merchantable size, and can be safely forwarded by express 

 at any season, or by freight during the months of October and November, and March, Ap il and 

 May. Where ordered by mail we furnish a smaller sized plant post-paid, except in the case of 

 some cacti and succulents too la'ge for mailing- 

 Customers should remit cash with or.ler. and give post office address, and name express or 

 freight office, with shipping instructions. 



Many of our cacti are entirely new to science, and as additional sorts are almost constantly 

 arriving from our collector.^, revised lists will be seat, as issued, to those requesting them. 



CALIFORNIAN AND MEXICAN CACTI, AND SUCCULENTS. 



AGAVE (Century Plants). 



AMERICANA L. var. MILLERL A 



popular form in Southern California gardens, 

 with glaucous foliage. $1 to $18 each. 



AMERICANA L. var. VAR1EGATA. 



Foliage with white ma: gins; an excellent com- 

 panion for var. Mille i. »50c to $H). 



DESERTI Engelm. Peculiar to tin* 

 Colorado desert rather small and with glaucous 

 white foliage, very beautiful $L 



HETERACANTHA Zticc. Leeheguilla 



of Texas and Mexi o, with sle der, curving 

 leaves curiously mottled. 25c. to $i. 



AiAROAKlT.E Brandenee. V dwarf 



insular species of gn-a beauty. and entirely new; 

 very symmetrical, with broad leaves and very 

 large ni«rginal spines. $1 to $4. 



PARRYI Erigelm. A very symmetri- 

 cal Texan suecies, one of the most beautiful we 

 have ever seen. $1. 



SHAWIl Engelm. Very compact dark 



olive ^reen leaves, of great beauty. $1. 



M AC U I -ATA Regal. Curiously spotted 



leaves $1. 



ALOE. 



75c 



VARIEGATA L Partridge-breast aloe. 

 ANHALONIUM. 



PRIBMATICUM Lem. 80c. 



CACTUS L. 



Mamillaria Haworth. 

 BEWUINII. A rare Mexican, cue. 

 DASYACANTHUd Kuntze $1. 

 (iOODRICHll ^untze 25c. to $1. 

 Var CffidPl I'OBDS. Fine clusters. $i to $3. 

 GKAHAM1I Kuntze. 20c. to60c 



HALEI Coulter. A beautiful cereus- 



like plant with long, straight, chocolate brown 



spines, with bright scarlet flowers and fruit; 

 very attractive. $1.50 to $5. 



LASlACAVrill'S Kuntze. 50c. 



LEON PIS (Mamillaria leona.) 50c. 



M AC HUM K His Kuntze. 30c. 



MIckoMEKIS Kuntze. 50c. 



Var. GREGG1I Kuntze. 75c. 



MINIMUS. 25c 



RADIANS Kuntze $1. 



RADIOSUS Al.VEkSONI Coulter. $1.50. 



STELLATUS Wild. var. Texanus Coulter. 15c 

 TETRANCISTRU8 (M. phellosperrna^. $1 to $5. 



TUBERCULOSUS Kuntze. 30c to $1 for fine 

 clusters. 



CEREUS. 



COCHAL Orcutt. A new tree-like spe- 

 cies. $2.50; cuttings, $1 



EMORYl Engelm. Velvet cactus, very 

 prettv. Oc 



ERUCA Brandegee. "Chilenola." A 



beautiful new cactus, prostrate, with uplifted 

 heads and prominent refiexed spines, giving 

 I he plant a resemblance to huge caterpillars. 

 1 to $4. 



GIGANTEUS Engelm-. Giant cactus. 



$2. 



GUMMOSUS Knge.lm. " Cord wood 



cactus, ' a large species with black spines, pro- 

 ducing the edible fruit tcnown as "pitava agria.'" 



$2. 



PRINGLEI Watson. "< -anion," a new 

 giant species from Mexico, where it orms con- 

 siderable fo ests in desert regions. Small plants, 

 $=>; a foot hi h. $10; 18 inches to 2 ft. at $15. 



TRIANGULARIS .Mill. "The Straw- 

 berry Tear. ' Cutting-. 15c; roots, 50c 



(Subgenus Echinoceeeus.) 



BERLANDIERI Engelm Beautiful 



magenta fls 25c 



C.ESPLTOSUS Engelm. Lace cactus. 

 25c to 50c 



CHLORANTHUS Engelm. Well 

 known. 35c to $1 



Var. C/ESPITOSUS forma nov. Fine 



clusters. $1 to $2. 



Var. MONSTROSES. We have an 

 elegnnt specimen at $10. 



We have a few plants of a beautiful red spined 

 form at $1.50 each; ve;> distinctive. 



DASYACANTIIES En-elm. A su- 

 perb species with large showy orange yellow 

 flowers Fine specimens at $1 to $3. 



ENGELMANNI Parry. A favorite 

 California!), very variable. 50c to $i; some 

 beautiful clusters at $1 to $5 



Var. ALBISPINUS. Flexuous ivory 



white Hpines. $1 



Var. CHRYSOCENTRUS. Canary yel- 

 low colo ed spine*, $1.50. 



