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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 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 each. $1.00 
doz. 
STAPELIA or “Starfish Cactus.” Curious 
plants with fleshy leaves; flowers shaped 
like a star fish. 15¢)> 
«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- 
ergs 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 round 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, Very 
‘large white flower. 50c and 75c. 
Colubrinus. ..We have a splendid stock 
of C. Colubrinus. They grow upright six to 
eight feet high and stems 1% 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, 25e. 
Eriphorus. A free night bloomer. Very 
“strong upright green stems of a dark green 
color. $1. 
Flagelliformis or Creeping Cereus. Very 
slender stems, about % inch in diameter, 
of pendulous habit, fine for grafting on C. 
Colubrinus; pretty in baskets. Bright rose- 
colored: flowers, resembling the crab cactus. 
;,kbe, 25¢e, 50c. 
Gemmatus or Organ Pipe Cactus. A most 
interesting variety, with very smooth stems, 
divided into six deep ridges by long lines of 
short spines, resembling beading. The flow- 
COMPANY 
Cereus Colubrinus. 
ers are small, brownish-red one inch long, 
and are very close together. The beauty of 
the plant lies in its massive grandeur and 
bead-like lines of spines. It resembles, when 
well-grown, a great organ pipe. Small plants 
are handsome. Our largest specimen is 30 
feet high. 15c, 25c, 50c, $1 and $2.50 each. 
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