THE FODDER PLANT FOR ARID REGIONS. 
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“GUAYAQUIL.” 
This new Opuntia originated from some seeds sent me from Guayaquil, Ecuador. The 
Opuntias from this source are somewhat more tender than usual but “Guayaquil” seems 
to be as hardy as any of the Barbary fig class; the leaves are unusually long, slender, thick 
and dark glossy green (eighteen inches long by six wide). In this new variety the spines 
are absent and the bristles so reduced as to be harmless. The strain from which this 
originated bears large, delicious, yellow fruits and this new creation being thornless and 
of a new type is of unusual promise horticulturally. 
Price of complete stock before September 1st, 1907, $1,000. 
HARDY HYBRIDS (Opuntia Hybricla). 
I now offer for the first time several hundred hybrids of the great spineless Ficus indica 
class and my new spineless, bristleless, hardy, northern Opuntia vulgaris (Opuntia vul¬ 
garis is hardy in Alaska if covered in winter). These first, new, hardy hybrids, though 
all grown from seed of 0. vulgaris, are upright growers like O. Ficus indica: Leaves three 
to six inches long by three to four wide, pale bluish-green, and continue to grow throughout 
the year whenever the mercury is above the freezing point. The plants therefore increase 
in size very rapidly and may extend profitable field cactus culture half a thousand or a 
thousand miles farther north than has before been possible. 
Prices for complete stock of some of these new hybrids $800.00 to $1,000.00. each be¬ 
fore September 1, 1907. 
THORNLESS AND SPICULELESS OPUNTIA VULGARIS SEEDLINGS. 
For some twelve years I have been growing seedlings, much of the time extensively, 
from the more or less thornless hardy Opuntias, and have at last two varieties with no 
thorns and no bristles so that they may at all times be handled with safety. The fruit 
of these, though still small and seedy, is larger than usual, smooth, crimson color and of 
much better quality than the old Barberry fig, produced abundantly. 
Also I have a new seedling with very large leaves and larger fruits; no spines and the 
bristles practically eliminated. 
Prices for complete stock of any of these three varieties $400. each. 
Small Seedlings and Hybrid Seedlings of nearly thornless Opuntias of several species 
and numerous varieties per hundred, $30.; per thousand, $200. 
Purchasers will do well to multiply these new creations in Opuntias as rapidly as possible, 
as there will be a great demand for them. 
It is to be hoped that all reasonable questions have been forestalled some-where in this 
catalogue, as our time is of extreme value. If any questions need be asked they should 
be brief and strictly to the point. 
Thornless Cactus cannot be raised from seeds: Do not ask for them. 
Cuttings should always be wilted before planting. 
Few of the cacti are of any economic value except the Opuntias; of these there are more 
than one hundred and thirty species and innumerable varieties; all are probably origin¬ 
ally natives of America and were cultivated by the Indians long before Columbus dis¬ 
covered America. No class of plants are more easily grown, soil is not of much importance 
and cultivation almost or quite unnecessary. 
For the fruiting Opuntias eighteen thousand pounds of fruit per acre is found to be a 
common crop on the poorest soils. The fruits differ in various ways like apples, plums or 
