VENTURA YITHE- SEA, CALIFORNIA 
H. Atrovirens. Small pointed leaves close- 
ly spotted with raised white dots. 15c each. 
H. Cymbiformis. Beautiful. Thick, suc- 
culent three-sided leaves, semi-transparent. 
20e. 
H. Margaritifera. Slender light green 
leaves, three inches long, and closely cover- 
ed with tiny raised white specks, 20c each. 
H. Rugosa. Very dark green, nicely crink- 
led. 20c. 
H. Subpapillosa. Dark green with raised 
white dots. A good bloomer. 20c. 
KLEINIA Articulata or Candle Plant. Large 
round fleshy stems of a pretty frosted ap- 
pearance; foliage cut like ivy, and prettily 
tinted purple underneath. 10c, to 20c each, 
cuttings 5c each. 
Spiculosa. Stems about 18 inches high. 
Leaves round and a beautiful blue. Useful 
for borders of cactus beds, or for boxes or 
pots. 15c each; cuts, 5c. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS. From mesem- 
bria, ~midday, and anthemom, a flower; 
referring to the flowers opening on sunny 
' days. The leaves are variable in shape, 
sometimes thick and fleshy, 
round and resembling the portulaca; fre- 
quently they are curiously formed. Flow- 
ers are white, pink, blush, rose, bronze- 
red, crimson, magenta, and various shades 
of yellow, and have a beautiful satin-like 
gloss. Measure an inch to 3 inches in 
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, ; 
(Shrubby Varieties.) 
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 1% inches 
across, fine mossy foliage. A beautiful var- 
lety. 
Mutable. Bronze and rose shaded AGwers, 
perfectly dazzling, covering the entire plant 
like a brilliant cushion. Fine mossy foliage. 
Mutable Dark. Darker bronze than the 
above. : 
Magenta. Small flowers. 
(Trailing © Varieties.) 
Blandum. Rose and Blush. 
Blush White. 
Magenta. (Dark.) 
Magenta Rose. (dazzling) Small flowers 
and finely cut foliage. 
Any of the above 10c each; $1.00 doz.; 
$3.00 per 100. 
Mesembryanthemum Tigrinum. A curious 
and handsome plant with arching leaves 
fringed at the edges with fine small teeth; 
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they are formed like a tiger’s jaw. The flow- 
ers are about two inches across, silky and a 
beautiful yellow. 10c. 
OPUNTIA Microdasys. The prettiest of all 
Opuntias with handsome, pear-shaped 
leaves, of a fine green, dotted with tufts 
of small golden spines that resemble tufts 
of velvet, The contrast is very beautiful. 
25c; cuttings, 15c. 
Monacantha Variegata. A beautiful plant, 
the pear-shaped leaves of which are beauti- 
young 
growth pink. 20c. 
OTHONNA Crassiflolia. m basket plant of 
yellowish-green color. Short succulent 
leaves, hanging by thread like stems. 
Bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. 10c. 
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. 
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 pretty effect. 15¢e, 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 or beds, for 
baskets and vases for the house, being 
drought resisting and most easily grown. 
(Dwarf Varieties.) 
Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, 
the covering of graves, etc. 
Acre (Golden Moss.) Much used for cover- 
ing graves; fqhase green, flowers bright yel- 
low. 
Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 
Glauca. Similar to Acre ye glaucous 
green leaves. 
Pulchellum. Bronzy-green foliage and pur- 
plish flowers. 
Spurium. Grows 6 inches high and bears 
.attractive pink flowers. 
Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered 
form of the preceding. 10c each for any of 
the above. 
(Erect, or Tall-Growing Varieties.) 
Useful and pretty plants for the border. 
Arboreum. Grows about 2% feet high, 
round stout stems at the ends of which are 
bright green rosettes, tipped maroon. Flow- 
ers bright yellow. 15c. 
Altissium. Shrubby growth about 18 inches 
high. Leaves grayish green edged with 
maroon in rosettes. Flowers pale yellow 
tinged with pink. 15c. 
SEEDS.—THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN 
