KELSEY^ HARDY AMERICAN PLANT.^ 
GrohfTt in the Carolina jyfountains at 3800 /ket elet'atioi^^i^} 
OTHER BULBOUS PLANTS, continued 
BICUCULLA [Dicentru ) cucuUaria. Soluiek's Cat. 5 Io 10 in. White-tippcil creaiii. Delicnte divided leaves. 
EXIMIA. Wild Bleeding Heart. 1 to 2 ft. Rose-colored blossoms, appearing from spring 
until autumn. Forms thick clumps. Very light, feathery foliage of exceptional beauty. 
CHROSPERMA muscaetoxicum. Fr.v-PoisoN. IX to 4 ft. White. April. Long grass-like leaves. Very 
(Conspicuous s[iik('s of tlowrrs. 
CONVALLARIA majalis. Lilv-ok-the- Valley. 4 to 9 in. One-sided nodding fragrant blossoms in early 
spriui;. 
ERYTHRONIUM americanum. Yellow Addek's-Tonoue. 6 to 12 in. Large bright yellow lily-like flow- 
ers rising: Cnuu green nujttlc<l leaves. April, 
grandiflorum. A Pacitic eoast species with large yellow (lowers. 
hartwegiL Lijrht yellow, oi'auge center. 
hendersonii. ]*ale purple, witli deeper shades toward center. 
OXALIS acetosella. Woou Sokhel. 2 to 6 in. White with reddish veins. June. 
XI 
HARDY CACTI 
STRANGE group of pluiiTs, not well known as yet, notetl for tlieir odd shapes, equipment 
of stiff barbed spines, tlowers of unrivaled l)riliiancy, and powers of resisting extremes 
of both drou«:ht and coid. They will not endure stagnant moisture at the roots, how- 
ever, especially in winter, and a dry situation on l)anks or in the rockery is, therefore, 
suitable for their best growth, and they thrive in a san<iy or rocky limestone soil. 
Hardy Cacti are also remarkably free from disease and insect pests, and we predict for 
them a pfrnianent and imjmrtant place in garden architecture. We offer some of the 
best species known. In height they vary, but nearly or quite all are of low or prostrate 
growth. 
CACTUS missouriensis. IMant dwarf; yellow or salmon flowers, followed by scarlet 
lierrics. 
viviparus. ruKCLE Cactus. Bright purple, showy flowers, large. Whole plant 
covered with purple and white cymes. Rare. 
ECHINOCACTUS simpsonl. Hedgehoc. Cactus. Shell pink to bright rose. Plant 
nearly hidden by ditrcrcnt-colored spines. Very beautiful. 
ECHINOCEREUS viridiflorus. Gkioen-Floweuel) Cebeus. Showy. Covered with beautiful red, purple and 
white spines. 
OPUNTIA arenaria. Large yellow flowers. Joints round, with long white- or straw-colored spines, 
arborescens. Purple flowers and yellow fruit. Branching, sometimes 0 feet tall. 
camanchica. Comanche Cactus. Showy, with yellow flowers and crimson fruit, which hangs till winter. 
Has long, stout spines of many beautiful sliades. 
fragilis. Brittle Opuntia. Deep yellow. Very small sort, forming compact clumps. Very spiny. 
Klowers deep yellow, 
rafinesquii cymochila. Fruit purple, free bloomer. Rare, flue species, 
rafinesquii greenii. Fruit pur[dc. Abundant bloomer. Few spines. 
mesacantha macrorhiza. Yellow flowers abundant. Fruit purplish brown. Curious nearly spineless 
species. 
phaeacantha major. A new, large sort with smooth, purplish joints and very long, purple or black spines. 
H;tpicl-i:rowing. forming large cluntps with yellow flowers and deep crimson fruit, 
polyacantha. Manv-Spined Opuntia. Exceedingly showy, with long white, brown, p\irple or black spines, 
polyacantha albisplna. White spines, often curled or twisted, 
polyacantha watsonii. Orange or tinged purple. Spines purple or black. 
Cactus viviparus 
I'litph' Uju'tus 
