38 Mrs. Pheodosia Id. Shepherd's Annual Catalogue. 
P. ORANGE GEM—Resembling the above. The foliage has a rich yellow 
tint. A grand sort. 75 cts.; cuttings, 25 cts. 
P. REFULGENS—Most beautiful flaring scarlet flowers, shaded metallic 
purple. 75 cts. each; cuttings, 25 cts. 
P. SPECIOSISSIMUS—Embracing all the colors of the Saiowe Zoe D0) 
75 cts. and $1 each; cuttings, 10 cts. 
P. CRENATUS—Extra fine; petals clear cream color; sepals’ brownish- 
green. Very free bloomer; strong, robust, upright grower. 50 cts.; cuttings, 
15 cts. 
P. KAMPMANNI—Flowers exquisite shape, large, purple carmine. 50 cts. 
P. KERMESINUS MAGNUS—Scarlet flowers, 8 to 12 inches across. 
Small plants, 50 cts. 
P. ROSEUS SUPERBUS—Fine pink flowers; very free bloomer: one of 
the best sorts; charming. 25 and 50 cts.; cuttings, LO cts. 
P. TETTANUS—Inside violet, outside purple; very showy and rich in 
appearance. 50 cts. 7 
P. ALBUS SUPERBUS—Extra large white flowers. 75 cts. 
P. PHYLLANTHOIDES—Bright rose, streaked with white, shaded dark 
red. Small plants, 75 cts. 
PHYLLOCACTUS er ei violet color, extra large; 
fine flowers. 75 cts. 
P. BOLLWILLERIANA—Carmine scarlet dowex, & 5 inches in diameter; 
a good grower. 50 cts. 
P. COOPERI—Large yellowish flowers; rare sort; very expensive. Small 
Plants at 75 cts. 
I can furnish fine specimens of many cacti; among others, grafted plants 
of various kinds, which will be ready in April. I have a magnificent stock of 
C. Colubrinus, C. Triangularis and C. Grandiflora, for grafting, and graft 
many varieties of phyllos, cereus, epiphyllums, ete. I can furnish rare collec- 
tions to order. Collection of choice cacti, my selection, 8 kinds, small plants, 
$1.00, 18 kinds ditto, $2.00; 30 kinds good plants, $5.00. 
CHOICE MEXICAN ORCHIDS. 
Many species of Orchids, and among them some of the most desirable, can 
be grown in any ordinary greenhouse, and by any one who can grow other 
plants successfully. They are best grown in baskets, or cribs of wood, or pots; 
in either case the pot or basket is half filled with broken rocks for drainage, 
the soil being a mixture of sphagnum moss and fibrous peat. All epiphytal 
orchids require a season of growth and a season of rest. When the plants 
begin to make new growth, the quantity of water should be gradually in- 
creased till the new pseudo bulb is nearly full size, after which the quantity 
should be gradually reduced till the growth is well ripened. In California, 
orchids are very easily grown, and can be hung during the summer on veran- 
das, on the trunks of trees, and in sheltered places. A Lelia anceps has 
grown and bloomed for three winters on the trunk of a large pepper tree in 
my garden, with no care but an occasional watering. 
ACROPERA LODDIGESII—A pretty and interesting species, with curi- 
ously formed flowers. The pseudo bulbs are ovate and clustered, and from 
their base the drooping racemes of flowers are freely produced, the long ovary 
