HOWARD E. GATES 
THREE 
Lower California Plants 
We have spent more than a year out of the past five years collecting the strange and 
rare plants of Lower California, Mexico. Our trips have uncovered many new things, 
which are being described and named as soon as properly studied. The following list 
comprises propagations from these trips. Many others will be added as fast as the increase 
of stock permits. Naturally the prices are higher than those of domestic species, owing 
to the great cost in time, money and health spent in securing the mother plants. 
LOWER CALIFORNIA SEEDLINGS 
Opuntia invicta, Lophocereus schott.ii, Machaerocereus gummossus, 
Myrtillocactus cochal, Pachycereus pringlei, Cochemeia poselgeri. 
Bartsclielia Schumann!!. A relative of the 
Neomammillarias. Forms compact 
clusters of low, white spined heads, 
large pink flower, scarlet fruit. 
.1 in. S 35c, RC 50c 
COCHEMEIAS are plants related to the 
Neomammillarias, but form big clusters 
of rather tall heads. Flowers are scar¬ 
let and shaped like Zygocactus flowers. 
This genera is found only in Lower 
California and is rare in collections. 
Cochemeia halei. Tall, cylindrical heads 
covered with brown to purple straight 
spines.... 
2 in. RC 50c, 3 in. RC 75c, i in. RC $1.00 
Cochemeia poselgeri. Forms clusters of 
tall heads, overlapping, reddish, tu¬ 
bercles, strongly hooked, dark spine 
in each cluster. 1*4 in. S 35c, 2 in. S 50c. 
3 in. S 75c, RC $1.00. 
Ecliinocereus barthelowanus. Forms 
dense clusters of small heads, hidden 
by many straight brown to purple 
spines. Rooted divisions . 50c 
Ecliinocereus brandegeeii. Loose clus¬ 
ters of long heads bearing flat, heavy 
spines, pink flowers ....RC 50c, 75c, $1.00 
Ecliinocereus maritimus. From near 
seacoast. Forms dense clusters of 
of yellow to gray spined, small heads, 
yellow flower . RC 50c 
Ferocactus orcuttii. A small barrel 
cactus from, the Lower California 
coast. Curved, reddish or yellow 
spines, green-yellow flower. 
..1 in. S 25c, 1 x /i in. S 50c 
Ferocactus peninsulae. A tall Lower 
California barrel cactus . 1*A in. S 35c 
Ferocactus rectispinus. A globular to 
cylindrical, large barrel cactus bearing 
clusters of round, straight spines with 
the central spine often measuring 10 
inches in length. Very rare, 1*A in. S 50c 
Ferocactus townsendianus. A large 
globular type with wide spaced, green 
ribs and rather small clusters of 
white spines . 1*A in. S 35c, 2 in S 50c 
Grusonia santa maria. Similar to a 
cylindric Opuntia except the spine 
clusters are on ribs. Purplish, sharp 
sheathed and barbed spines. A new 
species we recently discovered on 
Magdalena Is.RC $1.00 
