TURKS CAP 
Turks Cap. (Melocactus.) 
Among- the strang-est Cacti. 
Globular plants with a red 
Turks fez perched on top. 
This cephalium produces the 
flowers and is only found 
on mature plants. M. MAX- 
ONII. Fine interesting small 
plants. 50c. M. TOWNSEN- 
DIANUS. A rare species. 
60c. 
• CEBEUS. True cereus.C. 
PERUVIANUS. One of the 
finest cacti. Handsome plants 
growing quickly and easily. 
Beautiful white night 
bloomer. Every collection 
must have it. 25c. C. Jama- 
cam. Similar with yellow 
spines. 25c. 
• STAR CEREUS. (Lemaireocereus 
stellatus.) Club shaped stems flushed 
with red with white spine clusters. 
Easy grower. 25c. L. GRISEUS. A 
beauty with powdery blue stem and 
red and black spines. 25c. I>. cliende. 
Deep green column. 25c. L. CHI- 
CHIPE. Round, bright blue stems. 
A gem. 25c. Ii. Hollianus. Clusters 
of stems. 25c. L. PRUINOSUS, 
Handsome blue stems stained with 
red, splendid! 25c. Giant Mexican 
Cereus. (L. Weberi.) A real giant 
cactus 40 feet high. Fine young 
plants 25c. 
BISHOP’S CAP COLLECTION 
One each of the following. 
Bishop’s Cap. Organ Pipe. White 
Star Cactus. Cereus peruvianus. 
Barrel Cactus. 95c. 
• PRINCESS OP THE NIGHT. (S. 
nycticalus.) Truly named this beau¬ 
tiful royal flower will astonish you 
with its size. A quick growing plant 
with square stems and hardly any 
spines. Flowers are almost a foot 
long, pure white with yellow sepals. 
A good house plant. 50c. 
• CROWN OF THORNS. (Euphorbia splendens.) The 
famed Crown of Thorns. Flowers are blood red and 
the plant is always in 
bloom. Supposed to 
have been the plant 
of the Crucifixion al¬ 
though it is a native 
of South Africa. 50c. 
Peyote. Lophophora 
Williamsii.) Does not 
look like a living 
plant. A peculiar 
smooth rock-like plant 
without spines. Pretty 
pink flowers. The dried 
plants are famous 
among the Indians for 
their strong narcotic 
effect. Big plants. 50c. 
• WHITE STAR CAC¬ 
TUS. (Coryphanta 
clava.) Each nipple 
crowned by a pure 
white star. A small 
WHITE STAR CACTUS lik \ 35c . C . AS . 
TERIAS. Also has pure white stars. 20c. C. Ottoius. 
Small finger like plants with clusters of star 
spines. 20c. 
Hardy Coryphantha. (C. chlorantha.) Thickly 
clothed with white spines, this dumpling cactus is 
quite hardy. We have them collected where the tem¬ 
perature falls to 15° below zero. For your rock 
garden. 35c. 
• DUMPLING CACTUS. (Mamillaria.) One of the 
handsomest groups of dwarf cacti. Round plants 
from 2 to 6 inches high bearing their harmless 
spines on nipples. The plants are very daintily 
geometrical in shape and a collection of them will 
give the fancier a thrill. M. perbella. Fine white 
spines, red flowers. 30c. M. Winteriana. New. 25c. 
M. pseudoperbella. Beautiful silvery white globes 
and carmine flowers. 30c. M. Parkinsoni. White 
spines and red flowers. 25c. M. geminispina. Forms 
pure white clusters. 35c. M. CANDIDA. A beauty. 
Snowy white. 30c. M. sempervivi. A rare species 
with fine flowers. 25c. M. unicinata. Hooked spines. 
25c. M. sinistrohamata. New. 25c. M. Waltheri. New. 
25c. M. longiseta. Rare. 30c. M. kewensis. Hand¬ 
some ruby red flowers. White wool in axils of 
mammae. 30c. 
WHITE TORCH CACTUS 
• MAMILLARIA BOCA- 
SANA. A white woolly 
cactus like the photo¬ 
graph. Long silky white 
wool covers the whole 
plant making it most at¬ 
tractive. We have a lim¬ 
ited number of perfect 
specimens. We recom¬ 
mend it as a real beauty 
for the beginner. 35c. 
Mamillaria Klissingiana. 
New, white spined spe¬ 
cies. 25c. M. Moelleriana. 
Beautiful. 25c. M. rho- 
dantha. Handsome with MAMILLARIA BOCASANA 
brilliant carmine flowers. 
25c. M. Fraileana. 25c. 
M. diocia. 25c. M. compressa. Pome¬ 
granate red flowers. 25c. M. Sartorii. 
A rare and handsome species. 35c. 
M. Heyderi. Red fruits. 30c. M. car- 
nea. Handsome with white wool 
among the nipples. 25c. M. magni- 
mamma. White wool in crown. 25c. 
Mamillaria Schiediana. A new golden 
one. A beauty. 35c. 
COLLECTION OP 
DUMPLING CACTUS 
5 Dumpling Cactus, our sel¬ 
ection. $1. 
10 Varieties, our selection. 
$1.95. 
• ORANGE TUNA CACTUS. (O. 
elata.) A free blooming cactus with 
3 inch flaming orange flowers. Flat, 
oval, spineless pads. Easiest to grow 
for beginners. 25c. 
• WHITE TORCH CACTUS. (Tricho- 
cereus Spachianus.) As a flowering 
plant this beautiful cereus can hardly 
be equalled. Masses of 6 inch snowy 
blossoms borne like a crown on stout 
columns. The columns are beautiful 
with their yellow spines. One of the 
easiest of all to grow is this glory from the Argen¬ 
tine. If you want to graft cactus use this one to 
graft on. Fine plants. 25c. 
GOLDEN TORCH CACTUS. (Cephalocereus chry- 
sacanthus.) Brilliant yellow, soft spines. A hand¬ 
some brightly colored gem. The cephalium consists 
of long silky hair. 35c. 
• SILVER TORCH CACTUS. (Borzicactus Strausii.) 
Thickly clothed with soft silvery white spines. One 
of the prettiest and most sought after of all cacti. 
Until recently these have sold for $2.50 or more. 
We have some fine perfect specimens. 35c. 6 inch 
specimens. 50c. 
• WOOLLY TORCH CACTUS. (Cephalocereus Palm- 
eri.) We were in hopes to be able to illustrate this 
beautiful cereus this year. A columnar cactus with 
masses of pure white wool fine as silk. One of the 
real gems among cacti. 30c. C. Sartorianus. Another 
similar plant. 50c. 
Orange Torch Cactus. (Haageocereus chosicensis). 
Brand new. A handsome orange spined cereus from 
Peru. Has red flowers. Even the young plants are 
handsome. Small plants 50c. 2 year old plants $1. 
The Interesting cactus garden of Mr. W. L. Otte 
of Santa Barbara. As an indoor house plant or in the 
rock garden cacti are always interesting. 
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