SUCCULENTS 
Most of the species listed under this heading belong to that great and interest¬ 
ing group of South African plants, Mesembryantherna, which has in recent years, 
attracted a great deal of attention throughout the world. 
In the arid regions of the Karroo, Bushmanland and the Kalahari an amaz¬ 
ing number of new species has been discovered to which various expeditions, led by 
the best veldsmen available and equipped at great expense, have added considerably. 
It is in the desert that the most fascinating varieties are found. To combat 
the scanty rainfall nature has endowed these plants with a capacity for storing 
water in their thick fleshy leaves, thus enabling them to tide over periods of drought 
which no other plant would survive. They furnish the only available water supply 
to the herds of antelope, wild ostriches and even to the tortoise and were it not for 
a remarkable provision of nature these plants would long since have been exterm¬ 
inated. In their natural surroundings these “rock plants’’ so closely resemble the 
gravel or rock fragments among which they grow that, even to the best trained 
eye, they are almost invisible, and it is due to this fact that they have, in the 
populated areas, escaped complete extinction. 
All the varieties listed below are easily propagated from seed and given free 
drainage and a light soil will thrive well under cultivation. They include the most 
recent discoveries, some of which have not yet been specifically named and are un¬ 
obtainable from any other seedsmen in the world. 
Seeds “in the capsule” are refused entry to the United States of America but 
we will break up the capsules, and clean the seed, before despatch for all 
American orders. 
We pay postage on these seeds if you send Cash with Order. 
EUPHORBIA OBESA. 
SEEDS OF SUCCULENTS AND SIMILAR RARE PLANTS. 
Acrodon bellidiflora. A dwarf clumpy plant flowering freely in spring: flowers yellow 
with pink reverse. Per 4 capsules 1/- 
Aloe miorostygma.— A tall-growing Aloe with broad light green toothed leaves; large 
spikes of orange-yellow flowers, darker at the base. Pkt. 6d; £oz. 2/3; oz. 7/6. 
Aloe striata. Compact stemless habit, leaves greyish-green, large, smooth and spine¬ 
less; large heads of orange-red flowers on erect stem; height in flower 3 feet • 
most conspicuous. Seeds per pkt. 6d; ±oz. 4/-; oz. 15/- 
Aloe variegata.— This species has great drought-resisting capacity; the red flowers 
and variegated foliage are very striking. Seeds per 25 6d; 100 1/-; 1000 7/6 
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