8 Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's Descriptive Catalogue of 



C. Eoseta. A pretty dainty seedling, very dwarf, with, very large trusses of medium sized flowers of a 

 rosy scarlet, changing to salmon-rose. 20c each. 



C. Ckameloii. Another Dwarf seedling, flowers the size of Emile Le Claire ; yellow, heavily blotched 

 with scarlet. 20c each. 



Ct Camnlus (New.) A distinct variety, handsome foliage, height four to five feet. The spikes of bloom 

 are very long, and stand out horizontally like a Candelabra ; the flowers also stand out in the same 

 manner. The color is a glowing scarlet, flowers good size. The peculiar habit of growth of this 

 variety, its very long and brilliant spikes of flowers make it very desirable. The cut flowers for even- 

 ing decoration in vases are very fine. 30c each. 



€. Auacapa (New.) Very tall, five to seven feet; foliage and stems a beautiful pea green; spikes of 

 orange colored flowers spotted scarlet, petals very long and beautifully curved at the edges. A magnifi- 

 cent and strong variety, a great improvement on Emile Le Clair. 20c each. 



C. Heiivy Martin. Orange scarlet ; extra large flowers. 15c each. 



C. Nabob. Magnificent foliage; shaded and striped purplish red; large crimson scarlet flowers. 20c 

 each. 



C. Oriental. Smaller foliage ; shaded and striped purplish red ; large crimson scarlet flowers, 20c each. 



C. Felix Crouse. Glaucous green foliage ; large coppery red flowers. 20c each. 



C. Eheinanni. Not new, but always valuable on account of its magnificent tropical habit, and its very 

 graceful flowers. It grows ten feet high and bears ten or twelve large exquisitely shaped drooping 

 crimson flowers. Large strong roots, 25c each ; large clumps, 50c ; §2.50 per dozen ; small roots, 10c; 

 75c per dozen. 



C. Nouttoni. Quite distinct from Ehemanni in coloring, bearing a rich shade of scarlet. Flowers very 

 large, growing erect instead of drooping. Plants six feet in height. 10c each; strong clumps 50c. 



C. Emile Le Claire. Flowers fine, bright golden yellow, mottled and spotted crimson and scarlet. 

 Pea-green foliage. 10c each; 75c per dozen. 

 . Collection of one each of the above Oannas for $6.50, excepting Ehemanni Gutatta ; one dozen 30-cent 



Cannas for $2.50 ; one dozen 20-cent Cannas, $1.50; one dozen Cannas, purchasers's selection, including 



Madame Crozy and Ventura, $3.25, excepting Ehemanni Gutatta. 



Qaeti apd otfyer 5u^ulei}t$, 



" Grotesqueness of form or habit is rarely found in combination with floral beauty in the vegetable 

 world. Yet no family affords more remarkable examples of this union of widely divergent qualities than 

 the great and peculiar Cactus order. * * * When the brilliantly colored rose, crimson, purple or yellow 

 flowers were seen the observer would be led to the conclusion that while the plant was advancing to so high 

 a degree of floral beauty, one portion of its constitution must have been strangely altered and stunted by 

 some external long-continued forces. * * * They are easily grown, so easily in fact that the cottager 

 who can devote a small space to them in his window may, and often does, grow many of them as successfully 

 as the greatest magnate in Europe with all the most elaborate horticultural appliances at his command."' — 

 Lewis Castle. 



ANHALONIUM. 



Curious spineless plants, aptly called living rocks, not structurally distinct from mamillarias, with which 



they are properly classed by botanists. 



A. En?elinanni (A. fissuratum) Tubercles triangular in form, very thick and strangely furrowed, 

 resembling a fine piece' of carved workmanship. From the center arises the pretty satiny rose flower, 

 an inch across, set in a mass of dense wool. 25c to 81. 



A. Lewinii. 35c. 



A. Williamsii. Entirely distinct from the two species just described. The top of the plant is round, 

 without any spines. Eoot long and turnip -shaped; a very curious Cactus, indeed, and extremely attrac- 

 tive; flowers, pale rose. As the plant becomes older, it produces little offsets that root on very easy and 

 will make fine large plants. The Anhalonium of Commerce is made from this plant. Dumpling and 

 Turnip Cactus are names given to it. Prefers a very sandy soil. Price, 25c to $1, by mail. 



(From the Ventura Unit, November 9, 1892.) 



A Pare Sight. — Lovers of Cacti would have enjoyed a most unusual sight had they strolled into the 

 gardens of Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd a few mornings since. 



In a bed of Cereus triangularias were fifteen immense flowers in full bloom till noon. 



The gigantic specimen that clambers over the southwest corner of the residence also threw out its great 

 blossoms,"high up in the air. Three of these were like big white birds perched on the roof._ 01d_ Sol was 

 veiled behind a dense fog all morning, and these nocturnal beauties which so shyly close their satin petals 

 and hide their silken stamens when the bright sun shines, did not know the time, and tarried till the mist 

 began to clear away, and the brilliant glare and brightness warned them that they had stayed too long. 

 Very beautiful they' looked and weird as well, in the mist. Great wonderful blossoms at least twelve inches 

 from stem to tip and twelve inches across, with large scaly green stems and yellow outside petals, and rows 

 of creamy inside petals in which lay a great skein of silken stamens and a variety of yellow rayed pistil. It 

 was a picture never to be forgotten. 



