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lar to mistletoe; some resemble mes- 
embryanthemums, and some are mistaken 
for epiphyllums. The flowers are small, 
but produced in great abundance.. 10c. 
ROCHEA Falcata. A most interesting plant 
with upright stems and broad roundish 
flat, bluish-green leaves that seem closely 
pressed against the stem. It bears large 
brush-like bunches of small intense scar- 
let flowers with bright yellow stamens 
that have a very pretty effect 15c, 25c, 
and 50c. 
SEDUM Stone Crop. A genus of succulent 
annual, hardy herbaceous, perennial and 
evergreen plants, common to almost every 
country and climate. It is well adapted 
for rock work, for borders of beds, for 
baskets and vases for the house, being 
drought resisting and most easily grown. 
Sieboldi Variegata. Round blue-green 
leaves exquisitely variegated with creamy- 
white. 15c to 25c each. 
Rotundifolium. This is quite a robust sort 
with thick green leaves and fine airy sprays 
of pretty pink flowers on long stems, valu- 
able for gardens or baskets. 10c and 25c each 
pildozs. 
Fabaria. A beautiful sort that grows in 
rather compact bushy form about 8 to 10 
inches high. The foliage is green beautiful- 
ly variegated with white. Sometimes stems 
and entire branches will be white. 15c to 25c 
each. 
Pulchellum. A pretty variety with nar- 
row leaves, green and pinkish bronze, and 
with small pink flowers. Grows but three or 
four inches high. 10c. 
STAPELIA or “Starfish Cactus.” Curious 
plants with fleshy leaves; flowers shaped 
like a star fish. 
Variegata. Flowers buff yellow, spotted ma- 
roon-red. 15c to 25c. 
Gradiflora. Rare Variety... Large star- 
shaped flowers; color maroon-red; covered 
with long reddish hairs. 10c to 25c. 
YUCCAS. The variegated Yuccas are effec- 
tive in the garden and are a valuable ad- 
dition to a cactus collection. Their pecu- 
lar stately habit, and rich contrasting 
colors, give a picturesque effect. They 
are also fine as single specimens with 
palms. 
Yucca Aloe Folia Variegata. A fine sort 
with bright green leaves, bordered with yel- 
low. 50c to $1, $2.50, $5 each. 
Variegated Aurea. JLike the above, but 
with bright yellow leaves bordered green, 
$1 each. 
Choice Cactus 
Rare Collection of Cereus 
Our collection of Cereus embraces over 
fifty varieties. Most of the cereus have 
upright, massive column-like stems,  oth- 
ers are serpentine or triangular, or trail- 
ing, so as to require support. They have 
with few exceptions, very large, showy, 
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flowers, generally white, cream or green- 
ish white, often very large and beautiful. 
Alacriportanus. Massive bluish-green stems 
with six deep angles, and long brown spines. 
Very beautiful cream white flowers. 50c to 
$1 each. 
Atropurpureus. The magnificent flowers 
of tnis variety makes it very desirable; it is 
a rapid grower, has long round, climbing 
stems with long spines and soon makes fine 
specimens. Color of spines very handsome; 
flowers creamy-white, 50c-to $1. 
Aibispinus. Small stemmed climber with 
numerous tufts of pure white spines. Stem 
reddish-brown. $1. 
Baxanensis. Another good cereus and a 
very striking plant. The stems have 3 or 4 
very dark green rites armed with short 
spines. Very rare $1. 
Candicans (From La Plata.) When young 
this variety resembles an Hchino-cactus, be- 
ing of a large globular form, and closely cov- 
ered with very long golden spines. Very fine 
flowers. 50c, 75c to $3. 
Chalibeus. (Origin unknown) Spines, num- 
erous and very black; stem, strong; color, 
dark bluish green, with a metallic lustre; 
very handsome and desirable, and also a 
rapid grower. $1.50. 
Coerulescens. (From Montevideo.) No 
doubt one of the neatest blue-stemmed Cer- 
euses in our collection; making tall imposing 
plants, Flowers springing from the ridges, 
about 8 inches long, tube covered with red- 
dish-green scales, which pass upwards into 
the sepals; these are spreading white, form- 
ing a spreading top not unlike a large white 
single camellia; superior even to Cereus 
Grandiflolus. An excellent plant. A cheap 
plant at the low price of $1. 
Colubrinus. We have a splendid stock 
of all sizes of C. Colubrinus. They grow 
upright six to eight feet-high and stems 
1% to 3 inches in diameter, having eleven 
shallow ribs set closely with spines at 
first red, afterwards turning gray. The 
flowers of Colubrinus have pinkish brown 
sepals and creamy-white, incurved petals. 
Cuts 5 in., 10c. Plants, 25c, 50c, I7 to $5 each 
Fine specimens $3 to $5. 
Emoryii or Velvet Cactus. A beautiful up- 
right growing variety with light 
gree stems, covered with shining 
transparent golden spines of various 
lengths. The young growth resem- 
bles the prettiest green velvet, with golden 
tint. It is is very beautiful. The flowers are 
pale yellow and inconspicuous, but the plant 
is very handsome. 25c to 50c. 
Eriophorus.. A free night bloomer. Very 
strong upright green stems of a dark green 
color. $1. 
Flagelliformis or Creeping Cereus. Very 
slender stems, about % inch in diameter, 
of pendulous habit, fine for grafting on C. 
Colubrinus; pretty in baskets. Bright rose- 
colored flowers, resembling the crab cactus. 
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