FAMOUS CACTUS GARDENS 
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P. porterii. Glossy green leaves, yellow 
flower, long orange fruit.RC 25c 
Wilcoxia striata. (Cereus striatus, C. di- 
guettii). Jarramatraca. Very slender 
branches bearing minute brown spines, 
purple flowers, red fruit with white 
spine clusters. Grafted.$1.00 
Agave or 'Century plant. One of the 
crowning glories of Lower California. 
There are over twenty-five species that 
are found only in the peninsula. They 
furnish nectar for the bees, fiber for 
cordage, are used for road repairs, and 
supply food for man and beast as well 
as making one of the world’s most pow¬ 
erful distilled drinks. We are able to 
furnish a few more kinds than are 
listed. 
A. brandegeeii. Gray green out curved 
leaves bordered with contrasting col¬ 
ored, medium sized teeth. Grows to 3 
feet. Very good. Plants....50c, 75c, $1.00 
A. connochaetodon. The Gnu Toothed 
Agave. A little blue beauty that ma¬ 
tures under a foot high. Short, thick, 
triangular leaves edged with curiously 
twisted large teeth and tipped with a 
short heavy spine. Strong offsets....50c 
A. datylio. Rather slender, dark green, 
dagger like leaves with small dark 
teeth. Height to 2Vz feet. Plants. 
.50c, 75c, $1.00 
A. margaritae. The smallest of the group. 
Very thick triangular green leaves 
edged with heavy brown teeth. A fine 
pot plant. Offsets.50c 
A. nelsonii. A gray leaved plant of the 
Desertii group. Height to 2 feet. Plants 
....50c, 75c, $1.00 
A. orcuttiana. A compact plant, with 
heavy dark green leaves. Height to 3 
feet.4 in. S 25c 
A. roseana. A beauty, bearing widely 
spreading gray green leaves with dis¬ 
tantly spaced large teeth and a long 
spine. Grows to 2 1 /£ feet. Offets.50c 
A. sebastiana. Similar in habit to A. or¬ 
cuttiana.4 in. S 25c 
Dudleya. Native plants quite similar to 
Echeverias (Hen and Chickens) in ap¬ 
pearance. The leaves are more point¬ 
ed, varying greatly in size and color. 
In California they will flourish in the 
winter, curl up and rest in the summer. 
Valuable as rockery and pot plants. Do 
not like to be planted where rain and 
fogs will drip on them. 
D. albiflora. Clusters of short, thick greet! 
leaved rosettes. Very attractive..RC 35c 
D. eximia. (Johansen in litt.). One of our 
discoveries. A green leaved plant that 
gets as big as a wash tub.RC 35c 
D. Gates No. 337. Rosettes of green point¬ 
ed leaves.RC 35c 
Hechtia. A clustering Bromiliad from the 
tip of the peninsula. Gray green with 
rich silver and red markings. Smaller 
than H. texensis. Plants..25c, 50c, $1.00 
Pedilanthus macrocarpus. A Euphorbia. 
Clusters of gray green rod like leaf¬ 
less branches springing from the 
ground. Red flowers. Height to 3 feet 
.RC 35c, 50c, 75c 
Yucca. A new species apparently related 
to Y. whipplei. Slender gray green 
leaves from a crown.S 25c. 
Agave margaritae 
“The last lot of plants I received from you opened up in good condition and are now 
all growing.”—E. S. G., New Zealand. 
