SIX 
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HOWARD E. GATES 
GENERAL LIST 
Acanthocereus pentagonus. 3 to 6 angl¬ 
ed night blooming cereus. RC 25 to 75c 
Acanthocereus tetragormis. Beautiful 
large branched, green cereus with 
small spines and white flower. Very 
rare.. RC $4.00 per ft. 
Ariocarpus flssuratns. The Living Rock. 
A curious small plant appearing to be 
carved from stone in a most intricate 
fashion. Small white to pink flowers. 
Plants .25c, 35c, 50c, 75c 
Astrophytum asterias, The only Bish¬ 
op’s Hood native to the United 
States. ''Low hemispherical plants 
bearing rows of woolly dots, yellow 
flowers. Plants .75c, $1.00, $1.50 
Astrophytum ornatum. A beautifully 
angled Bishop’s hood, gray body cov¬ 
ered with white dots. 1 % in. S $1.00 
Astrophytum myrostigma. Bishop’s 
hood. 4 to 5 angles, dark green, cov¬ 
ered with white dots.. 
... . . 1 in. S 60c, 1% i». S $1.00 
Cactus maxonii. A flattened globular 
plant with depressed spine clusters. 
..... 1 in. S 35c 
Carnegia gigantea. The giant cactus of 
Arizona, .1*4 i". S 25c, 1 ft. $2.50 
CEPHALOCEREUS. A group of large, 
columnar plants bearing weak or 
hairy spines. 
Ceph. exerans. Green, few angled, weak 
spined, columnar plant. 3 in. S 50c 
Ceph. cometes. Large, columnar, gray 
spined plant bearing yellow wool in 
old age .. 2 in. S 35c 
Ceph. hoppenstedtii. Large columnar 
plant hidden under white and browm 
spines . :..l in. S 50c 
Ceph. moritzianus. Light green slender, 
columnar plant with hairy ribs. 5 in. & 60c 
Ceph. palmeri. Large columnar plant 
with white hair over brown spines. 
..1 >4 in. S 25c, 2 in. S 35c 
Ceph. pasacunu. Large, cylindrical, 
hardy plant..1 in. S 25c 
Ceph. polyloplnis. Large columnar, yel¬ 
low spined plant..2 in. S 60c 
Ceph. senilis. The famous “Old Man”. 
Columnar plant covered with long, 
white hair. 1*4 in. S $1.00 
Cereus azureus. Clambering deep blue 
cereus wflth dark spines .3 in. S 25c 
Cereus cliildsii. Large, blue branching, 
very long spines, large red flowers. 
....1 ft. RC $5.00 
Cereus formosns monstrosus. Small, 
knobby, knarled branches.RC 35, 50c 
Cereus hildmannianus. Large, branch¬ 
ing, green, plant, white flowers. .. 
. 6 in. RC 75c, 12 in. RC $1.50 
Cereus lepidotus. Large, blue-green, 
columnar .4 in. S 35c, 5 in. S 50c 
Cereus monvilleanus. A real beauty. 
Giant blue branches bearing contrast¬ 
ing clusters of golden spines. 4 in. S 50c 
Cereus paragueyensis. Large 6 to 8 
ribbed, blue plant. 3 in. S 25c, 4 in. S 35c 
Monstrous form.3 in. S 50c 
Cereus peruvianus. Large with many 
bluish, angled arms. Large, white, 
night blooming flower .' 
.4 in. S 25c, 5) in. S 50c 
Cereus stenagonus. Few angled, large 
green branches, deep reddish-brown 
spines.4 in. S 35c, 5 in. 50c, 10 in. 75c 
Cereus usitalus. Large, green, brown 
spined columnar plant.2 in. S 35c 
Cereus valadis. Large, bluish, branch¬ 
ing plant, yellow-brown spines. 
. 4 in. S 50c, 6 in. S 75c 
Chamacereus silvestrii. Forms dense 
clusters of fine spined, small, short 
heads. Many beautiful scarlet-orange 
flowers. Clusters ...25c 
Coryphantha andreae. Globular, dark 
green tubercles, yellow to brown 
spines.1 in. S 25c 
Coryphantha desertii. True type. Clus¬ 
ters, large heads, stiff white to black 
spines. Pink flowers. Plants 10c to $1.00 
Coryphantha ecliinoidea. Small, globular 
plant, star like clusters of varicolor¬ 
ed spines, rose pink flower. 1 in. S 25c 
Coryphantha elepliantidens. Globular, 
green plant, large flattened tubercles, 
light spines, large pink flower. 1 in. S 60c 
Corphantha georgii. Pretty, slender, 
columnar heads of dark green with 
purple base, white star spine clusters. 
.IMj i» S 35c 
Coryphantha macromeris. Long green 
nipples tipped with long gray spines, 
pink flower. Plants .25, 35c 
Coryphantha ottonis. Globular, gray- 
green, plant, long crooked spines, 
white flower .1 in. S 35c 
Coryphantha recurvata. Forms clusters, 
large globular heads, yellow r recurved 
spines, small yellow flower. 
...1 % in. S 25c, Plants 50c 
