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diameter. They will grow in any soil, and 

 love hot sun, are especially suited to dry 

 places for covering hillsides, drooping 

 over banks, or for borders, or baskets on 

 verandas. A plant in full bloom is com- 

 pletely covered with flowers and perfectly 

 dazzling. 



Aureum. Bright golden yellow flowers, 2 

 inches across, upright grower, compact habit 

 Invaluable for borders; pretty short irregu- 

 lar foliage. 



Auranticum. Coppery red changing to 

 rosy-red and orange. Flowers iy 2 inches 

 across, fine mossy foliage. A beautiful var- 

 iety. 



Blandum. Rose and blush. Flowers and 

 foliage larger than the others. A trailer. 



Mutable. Bronze and rose shaded flowers, 

 perfectly dazzling, covering the entire plant 

 like a brilliant cushion. Fine mossy foliage. 



Mutable Dark. Darker bronze than the 

 above. 



Pink. Smaller flowers than Blandum. 



White. Any of the above. 10c each $1 per 

 doz.; $2.50 per hundred. 



Tigrinum. A curious and handsome plant 

 with arching leaves fringed at the edges 

 with fine small teeth; they are formed like 

 a tiger's jaw. The flowers are about two 

 inches across, silky and a beautiful yellow. 

 10c and 25c. 



RHIPSALIS or Mistletoe Cactus. Very pe- 

 culiar plants. Some have long, fleshy 

 whip-like branches and white berries simi- 

 lar to mistletoe; some resemble mes- 

 embryanthemums, and some are mistaken 

 for epiphyllums. The flowers are small, 

 but produced in great abundance. 10c. 



ROCHE A 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 

 $1.00 doz. 



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. 



PulcheNum. 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. 



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, 



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 this 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. 



Albispinus. Small stemmed climber with 

 numerous tufts of pure white spines. Stem 

 reddish brown. $1. 



Candicans (From La Plata.) When young 

 this variety resembles an Echino-cactus, be- 

 ing of a large globular form, and closely cov- 

 ered with very long golden spines. 50c, 75c 

 to $3. 



Chalibeus. (Origin unknown) Spines, num- 

 erous and very black; stem, strong; color, 

 dark bluish green, with metallic lustre; 

 very handsome and desirable, and also a 

 rapid grower. $1.50. 



Colubrinus. We have a splendid stock 

 of all sizes of C. Colubrinus. They grow 

 upright six to eight feet high and stems 

 iy 2 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. Fine speci- 

 mens $3 to $5. 



Emoryii or Velvet Cactus. A beautiful up- 

 right growing variety with light green 

 stems, covered with shining transparent 

 golden spines of various lengths. The young 

 growth resembles the prettiest green velvet, 

 with golden tint. It is very beautiful. The 

 flowers are pale yellow and inconspicuous, 

 but the plant is very handsome. 25c to 50c. 



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