TEN 
HOWARD E. GATES 
GENERAL LIST 
Neom. praeli. Globular, deep green 
plant, prominent tubercles -..1% in. S 60c 
Neom. pygmaea. Small globular plant, 
white and yellow spines. 1 in. S 35c 
Neom. rodantha chrysacantlia. Cylin¬ 
drical, gray green plant, beautiful 
yellow spines . ..1 in. S 35c, 1 % in. S 60c 
Neom... scliiedeana. Forms clusters 
globular heads, cream to golden yel¬ 
low spines in star clusters ....% in. S 60c 
Neom. sempervivi. Globular, hoavily 
tubercled, sparsely spined plant. % in. 25c 
Neom. tricacantha. Globular plant, 
white, yellow, red hooked spines, 
.2 in. S $1.50 
Neom. uncinata. Globular, milky, green 
plant, short purple, hooked spines, 
. 1 in. S 35c 
Neom. wildii. Forms clusters, purple, 
globular heads, hairy axils, white and 
yellow spines, many white flowers 
....in. S 35c 
Neolloydia clavata. Cylindric, bluish- 
green plants wflth star shaped clus¬ 
ters of light spines . 2 in. S 35c 
Nopalea dejecta. Erect plant with 
drooping, green pads bearing white 
spines. Plants and RC .25 to 75c 
Nopalea cochinillifera. Erect plant 
with large smooth, green pads 
..RC. 25. 35, 50c 
Nyctocereus serpentinus. Slender, tall, 
cylindrical branches with fine spines. 
The night blooming cereus of Calif, 
gardens. Often grown against build¬ 
ings. Good grafting stock RC 25, 35, 50c 
OPUNTIAS are a big family of cactus, 
usually large and fast growing. Some 
have large, flat pads. This type is call¬ 
ed “prickly pear”, “tuna” and, “platy- 
opuntia.” Another tree-like type with 
round branches are called “chollas”, 
“jumping cactus” and “cylindric” 
opuntias. There are smaller groups of 
creeping opuntias and small woody 
branched types. 
O. arbnscula. Compact plant of slender 
round branches ... RC 10, 15, 25c 
0. braziliensis. Forms tree shaped 
plants with beautiful glossy green 
pads, yellow flowers . RC 15 to 35c 
0. basilaris. Beaver tail. Smooth pur¬ 
plish pads growing from crown of 
plant, short, very fine glochids, no 
spines, large magenta flower. Should 
be in every collection . RC. 15, 25c 
Smaller padded, yellow flowered vari¬ 
ety .. RC 25c 
White flowered variety . RC 50c 
O. cylindrlca. Beautiful plump green 
branches, red flower, green fruit. 
Plants . 25 to 75c 
0. elata elongata. Smooth nearly spine¬ 
less oblong pads with purple mark¬ 
ings. Many orange flowers. Plants 
. 25c to 75c 
O. erinacea. Oval pads bearing long, 
weak, white to brown spines. Plants 
..15 to 75c 
0. grahami. Forms mats of short, spiny 
heads. Plants . 25c 
0. gramliflora. Small round pads, 
brownish bristles, few white spines, 
large yellow, red centered flower RC 15c 
O. leptocaulis. Minature tree bearing 
rcse pink fruits . RC 15 to' 25c 
0. linguiformls. Cow tongue opuntia 
with long tapering pads. 1 ft. cuttings 50c 
0. macrocalyx. Rather small, light green 
spineless pads, bearing clusters of 
minute glochids, yellow flowers, red 
fruit. RC 25c 
0. microdasys. Flat pads densely cov¬ 
ered with fine yellow glochids. A 
very pretty species. Plants 10c to $1.00 
O. macrohiza. Small, green, few spined 
pads. Yellow flower . RC 15 to 35c 
0. monacantha variegata. Flat pads, 
beautifully variegated in white, green, 
yellow and pink. RC and plantsl5 to 50c 
0. opuntia. Small, round, smooth, pads, 
large yellow flower .RC 15 to 25c 
O. parishli. A low plant that covers 
the ground like a carpet .RC 15c 
0. ramosissima. Small, woody, many 
branched plant. Very good. Plants 25, 35c 
0. salmiana. Wonderful plant from 
South America. Slender, round, tap¬ 
ering branches, often reddish colored, 
yellow flower, persistent, cherry col¬ 
ored fruits. Plants . 35c 
0. scliottii. A green jointed carpet 
plant . RC 15c 
0. spinosior. An attractive short spined, 
tree cholla. Purple flower ....RC 15 to 35c 
0. Santa rita. Round bluish pads, sparse¬ 
ly spined, pretty yellow flower, RC 35c 
0. stanieyi. Large jointed carpet plant. 
..RC 25 to 50c 
0. subulata. Large tree shaped branch¬ 
ing plant bearing long persistent 
leaves .. RC 25 to 50c 
0. ursina. The Grizzly Bear. Pads bear 
long, whited, hairy spines. Plants 
.25c to $1.00 
