Echinocereus Fendleri—Clustered, tapered column 
stems, hidden in brown spines. Glorious red 
flowers, and fruits of strawberry flavor. Hardy 
to zero. 15 seeds for 20c; 50 seeds, 60c. 
Opuntia Polycant ha—About the hardiest Cactus, 
standing 40 degrees below zero. Branching 
pads covered with long silver-white spines. 
The flowers are pale lemon, with red shadings. 
15 seeds for 20c; 50 seeds for 60c. 
Opuntia Rafinesquiana—An interesting Cactus 
with thick rich green pad-like joints, tufted 
with spine clusters. Semi-dwarf, growing to 
18 inches. The flowers are clear pure yellow 
like single roses. It is one of the very hardy 
Cacti. 25 seeds for 20c; 100 seeds for 70c; 
250 seeds for $1.50. 
Offer 61A4—One pkt. each of the above for $1.50. 
Hardy Cactus Blend—The above in mixture. Just 
the thing for the sunny rockery. 20 seeds for 
20c; 50 seeds for 45c; 100 seeds for 80c. 
THE HARDY SUCCULENTS 
A group of winter-hardy succulent plants. 
They are all valuable in the rockery. See also 
the Yuccas and the Hardy Cacti. 
Agave Parryi—A splendid winter hardy species 
from the Utah mountains, with succulent basal 
rosette and spikes of tufted old gold flowers. 
Pkt. 20c; special pkg. 50c; Vs oz. $1.00. 
Manfreda Virginica—Lance-shaped basal leaves, 
crisped at the edges, and sometimes marbled. 
Flower spikes to five feet, carrying many 
fairly large purple shaded, cream colored flow¬ 
ers. Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 60c. 
Sempervivum Hardy Blend—Short thick leaves in 
exceedingly compact rosettes, sometimes red 
tinged, and, in the spider-web forms the en¬ 
tire plant seems covered with silvery cobweb 
filaments. Evergreen. Attractive flower clus¬ 
ters in various colors, on oddly thatched stalks. 
Very easy culture. Particularly good for rock 
work or dry banks. Pkt. 20c; special pkg. 50c. 
Sedums Mixed—Hardy perennials with thick suc¬ 
culent leaf formations that vary almost as 
much as do Cacti. Quite showy flowers. Ideal 
for the rockery. Easy and ornamental. Pkt. 
20c; special pkg. 50c. 
Cotyledon Simplicifolia—Rosettes of thick bur¬ 
nished leaves, and sprays of pretty golden 
yellow bloom. Rare. Pkt. 30c; spec. pkg. 75c. 
Saxifraga Encrusted Sorts—These are the truest 
rock plants, flourishing in rocky crevices. The 
leaves show an interesting silvery or vari¬ 
colored effect, produced by natural encrusta¬ 
tions of mineral. Clustered flowers in white, 
pink, rose, orange and yellow. Very hardy. 
Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 60c. 
Saxifraga Mossy Sorts—Here the leaves are 
moss-like, closely tufted to form dense cush¬ 
ions. The flowers resemble in form and color 
range, those of the Encrusted, but are more 
slender in stem, and more fragile. Pkt. 20c; 
special pkg. 50c. 
Saxifraga Cotyledon—Makes a fleshy tufted 
rosette, bronzing with age. Panicles of pretty 
white flowers, rose tinged. Pkt. 25c; special 
pkg. 60c. 
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