SUCCULENT PLANTS 



Splendid Pot Plants. Also fine for 

 Table and Miniature Rock Gardens. 



These are very interesting plants of easy culture. Most of them are desert plants which will 

 subsist on an astonishingly small amount of water. They are splendid for house decoration or they 

 may be planted out-doors in the rock garden during the summer time. Our list includes a wide 

 assortment of all the better known ones which are really desirable. 



Agave— Century Plant 



An old-time favorite decorative plant 

 useful as an individual specimen on the /^ ""v, 



lawn, in the garden during the summer, or ^ ^ ^> X- 



as a house plant during the winter. 



Americana. A very showy variety with 

 beautiful dark green glaucous foliage. 



— variegata. The glaucous foliage is 

 prettily bordered and marked with 

 creamy yellow. A very showy and most 

 interesting variety. 



Larger plants of either variety, 3 inch 

 pots, SOc; 4 inch pots, 75c; 6 inch pots, 

 real specimens, S2.00 each. 



Aloe 



These interesting succulents are easy 

 to grow. They need little water 

 excepting the periods of active growth. 



Arborescens. An attractive house plant 

 which wiU grow and thrive under most 

 adverse conditions. Has long narrow 

 pointed leaves of heavy texture about 

 2 inches wide. See illustration. 

 Larger plants 3 inch pots, SOc; 4 inch 

 pots, SI. 00: 6 inch pots, S2.C0 each. 



— — ciliaris. Of same growth as arbor- 

 escens but smaller and more graceful. 

 Of green color. 



Aloe 

 arborescens 



Crassiila 

 tetragona 



Crassula 

 arborescens 



Sedum 

 dendroideum 



For prices 

 see below. 



tuphorbia splendens 



Euphorbia 



Splendens {Crown of 

 Thorns). An odd and in- 

 teresting plant, the 

 stems being covered 

 with numerous spikes 

 about an inch long. 

 Showy bright red flower 

 bracts produced at all 

 seasons. Larger plants 

 in 3 inch pots, SOc; 

 4 inch pots. $1.00 each. 



Cotyledon orbiculata. A free 

 grower with bright glaucous leaves. 



Crassula 



Arborescens. Frequently but errone- 

 ously called Japanese Rubber plant. 

 Larger plants, 3 inch pots, SOc; 4 inch 

 pots, SI. 00; S inch pots, $1.S0; 6 inch 

 pots, $2.00. Large, vigorous specimens 

 $5.00, $6.00, and $7.50 each. 



— quadriflda. Dark green foliage, vig- 

 orous. 



— lycopoides. Compact. Mossy ap- 

 pearance and very free growing. 



— tetragona. Dark green foliage, 

 pointed leaves. See illustration above. 



Echeveria secunda glauca. Beautiful flat rosettes 

 with fleshy glaucous leaves. Similar to Hen and Chicken. 



— Weinbergi. Thick leaved rosettes of a rosy tint. This 

 has been given the popular name "Dream Plant." 



Epiphyllum truncatum. The popular Christmas 

 Cactus with tubular, rosy red blooms. Good plants in 

 4 inch pots, $1.00 each; trained tree shaped plants with 

 stems or small trunks and bushy crowns. $2.50 each. 



Kalanchoe crenata. Large fleshy leaves of a 

 glaucous green color. Yellow flowers. 



— flammea. Green foliage tinted red. Orange flowers. 



— globifera coccinea. Has smaller green foliage and 

 briUiant scarlet red, Bouvardia-like flowers. An ideal 

 winter-flowering house plant. Awarded Gold Medal at 

 1933 New York Flower Show. 



Kleinia repens. Long glaucous leaves. Very showy. 

 See illustration of young plant above. 



Mesembryanthemum deltoides. Glaucous 

 foliage and stems. Of graceful mossy appearance. 



— echinatum. A creeper with thick fleshy leaves. 



— edule. Attractive thick glaucous green leaflets. 



Oliveranthus elegans. Showy red bell-shaped 

 flowers in summer. Native of Mexico. 



Phyllocactus Ackermani. A hardy day-blooming 

 variety with brilliant scarlet blooms. SOc each. 



— latifrons {The Queen Cactus). Creamy white flowers 

 8 inches long. Night blooming. SOc each. 



— Hybrids. Cactus-like plants with thornless leaf-like 

 stems. Long trumpet-shaped flowers 8 inches across 

 ranging from pure white to deep crimson. We offer a 

 choice selection of 12 varieties. SOc each. Set of 12 

 for $5.00. 



Portulacaria afra. Unique, glossy green leaves. See 

 illustration of small plant in picture above. 



Sedum 



Adolphi. A very edective plant with 

 thick orange colored leaves. 



Dendroideum. A very small shrub 

 having bright green leaves of medium size. 



Linare variegata. A pretty trailing 

 plant with green and white variegated 

 foliage which gives a charming effect. 



Treleasi. Has small very fleshy leaves 

 resembling white beads. Particularly 

 attractive and therefore very popular. 



Sempervivum Haworthi. Shrubby 

 "Hen and Chickens". Has green foliage 

 and is a free grower. Native of the 

 Canaries. 



Bunny Ear Cactus 



Opuntia 



Microdasys-Bunny Ear Cactus 



A popular and showy cactus with thick 

 heavy joints of elliptical form. Bright green 

 covered with golden yellow bristles which 

 give it the name of Orange Cactus, also 

 known as Bunny Ears on account of the 

 young growth. A good house plant. 

 Rufida. Similar to microdasys but with 



brownish bristles. 

 Basilaris. Similar to microdasys but has 



blue lobes. 

 Subulata. Round stems with fleshy leaves 



at the top. 

 Monocantha variegata. Also resembles 



microdasvs but the stems are marbled 



We offer strong young plants of all the above varieties , excepting Epi- 

 phyllum and Phyllocactus, at 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen — any 6 for 

 $1.25. Larger sizes of some can be supplied as noted in descriptions. 



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