Sntrotiuttorp 
T is only after mature deliberation and in response to many 
requests from friends and patrons, that I have concluded 
to issue a catalogue of plants, which are in many ways 
the most interesting in the entire range of the flo^ral 
kingdom. 
Broadly speaking I refer to the succulents, which in 
their many groups include the cactus, aloes, agaves, eu- 
phorbias, haworthias, stapelias, gasterias, mesenibriantheniums, echeveria, etc., 
etc., and in the infinite variety of form, habit of growth and character of 
infloirescens, displayed by the hundreds of varieties which make up the groups, 
present all the characteristics of the entire balance of the floral kingdom, 
besides many singular characteristics peculiar to themselves. 
In sturdiness of growth, beauty of flower and variety of form, the cactus 
are far in the lead of 
their kindred dwellers 
in arid lands, while 
nearly all the mem- 
bers of the vario^us 
groups have in their 
long struggle for ex- 
istence under adverse 
conditions attained a 
tenacity of life, which 
makes them especially 
desirable plants for 
house culture. 
To the amateur 
who, though ' dwelling 
in the suburbs, may 
possess but little 
knowledge and less 
facilities for proper 
cultivation, these 
pknts possess un- 
equaled advantages in 
their ability to* with- 
stand neglect or even 
absolute abuse, while 
on the other hand no 
plants' respond more 
generously to intelli- 
Sfent care 
Window shelves filled with cactus. 
Copyright by F. Weinberg. 
