11 
BURBANK'S BULB CATALOGUE 
Rare Ornamental Cacti 
During my experiments in producing improved fruiting and forage 
cactus, there were growing at one time on my place several hundred 
species and innumerable varieties of cactus. The least attractive were 
from time to time weeded out, and I now offer the best selection. 
All grow best in warm, sunny locations. Cuttings of all root well if 
planted in dry sand in a warm place. All these arc as hardy as orange 
or fig trees, and may be grown in house, greenhouse, or out of doors 
where the ground does not freeze. Besides these I have some fine 
Phyllocactus, Cercus, and curious variegated Opuntias. SIX VARIETIES 
including those named below, $2. 
"Woolly" 
(Opuntia) 
A curious Opuntia with woolly leaves and short woolly spines; 
height, about three feet, flowers yellow. Cuttings, 25c. 
"Opuntia Basilaris" 
A new form with unusually large, handsome, deep rosy crimson flow- 
ers; height, twelve to fifteen inches. Cuttings, 25c. 
"Quisco" 
(Cereus Chilensis) 
This is the native name of a South American corrugated, handsome, 
tall, barrel-shaped cactus having very numerous, but not vicious spines. 
Large blossoms of various colors, followed by good fruit with white 
pulp and minute black seeds. Cuttings, 40c. 
"The Favorite" 
(Echinopsis Pentlandi) 
The Peruvian hedgehog cactus, a variety which bears large, beau- 
tiful, delicate, rose-pink flowers in the utmost profusion even on small 
plants. Makes a fine border plant. Cuttings, 25c; ten, $1. 
"Pitajaya" 
(Cereus Variabilis) 
Sometimes classified as Cereus Pcrnambucensis. There arc numer- 
ous forms of the Pitajaya cactus both in flower and fruit. The variety 
offered has great pure-while flowers, nearly eight inches across; the 
plants are quite hardy in most parts of California. The variety here 
offered also bears a most delicious globe-shaped fruit, the flesh of 
which is snow white, which is greatly prized by all who know it. 
(See cut.) Large cuttings, 75c; rooted cuttings, $1.25. Seeds per 
packet, 25c. 
