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R.ocKea. Fa.lca.ta.. A very handsome and curious plant with thick 

 light green leaves, looking - as if pressed against the plant* They have a 

 pretty frosted appearance, and contrast well with the clusters of dazzling" 

 scarlet flowers. 10c, 25c to 50c each. 



R^HIPSALIS or "Mistletoe Cactus." Very peculiar plants. Some 

 have long, fleshy, whip-like branches and white berries similar to mistle- 

 toe; some resemble mesembryanthemums, and some are mistaken for 

 epiphyllums. The flowers are small, but produced in great abundance. 

 Six sorts, 15c to 50c each. 



Stapelia or "Starfish CaLct\is." 



Very curious plants, with fleshy leaves and flowers shaped like a star 

 fish. 



Variegata. Flowers buff-yellow, spotted maroon-red. 15c to 25c. 



Grandiflora. A rare variety, with very large star-shaped flowers; 

 color of a rich maroon-red, covered with long reddish hairs. 10c to 25c. 

 Two other sorts. 15c and 25c each. 



Sempervivum. 



Rarbatum. A beautiful and rare variety, with thick, furzy, light 

 green leaves, forming a very loose but regular rosette, deeply depressed at 

 the centre. The leaves are narrow at the base and broad at the ends, with 

 a point in the centre. The pores of the leaf are distinctly visible under- 

 neath the surface, which gives a fine effect. Small plants. 25c; large, $1.00 

 by express. 



YUCCAS. 



Aloefolia Variegata. A line Yucca with bright green foliage, 

 bordered with a band of yellow, and occasionally striped with lighter green 

 next to the yellow band 25c each. 



Aloefolia Variegata Aurea, This is one of the most ornamental 

 of Yuccas. It has a wide, bright yellow band through the center of the 

 leaf , with a narrow light and dark green margin. It is a very beautiful 

 foliage-plant, fine for the house or conservatory. It is perfectly hardy in 

 California, and makes a splendid specimen outside. 



Tricolor. A very beautiful variety, having narrow leaves hand- 

 somely variegated pink, green and white, in longitudinal stripes. 25c, 35c, 

 50c, $1.00, $2.00 each. 



CACTUS. 



The most satisfactory Cactus to grow are the large flowering varieties 

 that give their superb flowers every year. Owing to the difficulty in se- 

 curing collections of the globose Cactus. I offer only such varieties as I 

 can depend on keeping in stock. These are beautiful large flowering 

 varieties. 



