MRS. TttEODOSlft B. SIIEPtt&RD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



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25c toll. 



A. Williamsii. The top of the 

 plant is round, without any spines . 

 Root long and turnip shaped; a very 

 curious cactus indeed, and extreme- 

 ly attractive; flowers pale rose. 

 Dumpling and Turnip Cactus are 

 names given to it . Prefers a sandy 

 soil. Price 25c to $1, by mail. 



CEREUS. Teiangularis. (Night 

 bloomer.) One of the most curious 

 of this interesting family. Outside 

 it grows to immense proportions, 

 and if planted near a dwelling the 

 branches will flatten themselves 

 against the side of the house, send- 

 ing out long white roots on each side 

 which attach themselves tightly un- 

 til the stems become hardened, when* 

 they loosen and hang like heavy 

 gray strings. The flowers are su- 

 perb; immense in size, of a fine 

 creamy white, with magnificent 

 clusters of silky stamens and a large 

 light yellow pistil. 25c, 50c, 75c, $1, 

 up to $5 each . 



C. Grandiflorus. This magnifi- 

 cent night-blooming cereus, produces 

 large flowers nearly a foot across, 

 the sepals of a dark brown outside, 

 yellowish within, the petals pure 

 white. Flowers begin to open be- 

 tween 7 and 8 in the evening, are 

 fully open by 11, beginning to fade 

 in five or six hours. Of great beauty, 

 with strong, sweet fragrance. 20c, 

 50c and $1 each. 



C. Macdonldi^e. Steam cylindric 

 creeping or climbing, branched, 

 slender; night blooming; flowers 12 

 to 14 inches across; sepals brown, 

 red and orange, petals delicate white. 

 Native of Honduras. 25c 50c and 

 $1 each. 



C. Flagelleformis or "Rat Tail 

 Cacti." With very slender stems, 



about \ inch in diameter; of pendu- 

 lous habit, fine for grafting on C. 

 Colubrinus, pretty in baskets. Bright 

 rosy colored flowers. 15c, 25c and 

 50c each. 



C. Colubrinus. A tall robust col- 

 umn, like cacti, of very rapid growth. 

 It bears innumerable beautiful flow- 

 ers, with light pinkish brown sepals 

 and creamy-white petals that are 

 delicately recurved. 25c to $2 each. 



C. A tall variety, resembling 



the above, but with flowers one-third 

 larger, stem and sepals deep brown- 

 ish red, petal creamy-white, flowers 

 funnel shaped. Both of these cacti 

 bloom at night and are fine bloom- 

 ers. They are especially useful for 

 grafting. 25c to $2 each. 



C. Emoryii. A beautiful upright- 

 growing variety, with light green 

 stems, covered with shining, trans- 

 parent golden stems of various 

 lengths . The young growth resem- 

 bles the prettiest green velvet with 

 a golden glint. It is very beautiful. 

 The flowers are pale yellow and in- 

 conspicuous, but the plant is very 

 handsome. Plants 35c to $2 each. 



C. Dr. Regal. One of the climb- 

 ing varieties, resembling C. Grandi- 

 florus, only the flowers are larger. 

 25c, 50c and 75e each. 



ECHINOPSIS. This group of 

 species includes a number of plants 

 at one time considered to be related 

 to the Echinocacti, but which are 

 readily separated from that genus 

 by the long tubular or funnel-like 

 flowers produced from the sida of 

 the stem, instead of near the sum- 

 mit, as in the Hedgehog Cactus. 



E. Eyriesii. One of the best 

 known of the species and one of the 

 most beautiful when in flower. Stem 

 very regularly globular. Flowers 6 



