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HOWARD E. GATES 
WILCOXIA COLLECTION 
Five kinds of these free blooming beauties. All good grafted plants, $4.00. 
WINDOW GARDEN PICTURES 
We wish some good pictures of indoor window cactus gardens, suitable for publica¬ 
tion. We will offer plant orders for the best pictures received by October 1, 1935, as 
follows: First award, $25.00; Second, $15.00; Third, $7.50. 
CACTUS PLANT PICTURES 
Help us provide good pictures for our next catalogue. Send us prints of your cactus 
pictures. Next October we will send plant orders as follows: First award, $10.00; Sec¬ 
ond, $7.50; Third, $5.00. For any others we may wish to keep, $2.50. 
In return for awards under either of the above offers we expect the sole right to 
copyright and publish such pictures as we may select. 
BEGINNER’S COLLECTION 
For those who have not had much experience in growing cactus, we offer this big 
value collection. It is a choice assortment of strong, healthy plants in a wide range of 
easily grown types that will make the foundation for a fine collection. 
25 Plants $ 5.00 
55 Plants 10.00 
HOUSE PLANT COLLECTION 
A fine assortment of good varieties in various types especially chosen for growing 
in the house. Includes one grafted Schlumbergia or Zygocactus. 
25 Plants $5.00 
SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTION 
A choice collection of 6 fine plants all hailing from south of Panama, $1.25. 
ECHINOCEREUS 
Among this group of Hedge Hog Cactus are some of the most satisfactory of our 
house and garden plants. They nearly all are easily grown and bloom freely with large, 
colored flowers. They fall into several groups such as the depressed spined, singled 
headed plants of the Rainbow Cactus type, long spined clusters, short spined clusters and 
sparsely spined, slender branched clusters. 
Ech. species. Crests of an un-identified 
species bearing very short, red and 
yellow spines. Grafted.$1.25 
Ech. barthelowanus. See Lower Califor¬ 
nia List. 
Ech. berlandieri. See Ech. pentalophus. 
Ech. blanckii. Clusters of slender, short 
spined, few angled branches. Large 
purple flower.RC 15c, 25c 
Ech. bonkerae. A new one of the Engel- 
mannii group. More ribs, shorter spines, 
deep purple flower. Plants.50c 
Ech. brandegeeii. See Lower California 
List. 
Ech. cinerascens. Clusters of green heads 
bearing short, soft, white spines, pur¬ 
ple flower. Rare.RC 50c 
Ech. coccineus. Compact clusters of short, 
spiny heads, red flower. Small plants 
.25c 
Ech. delaetii. Clustered heads that be¬ 
come completely covered with long 
white hair. Beautiful pink flower. 
. IV 2 in. S 35c, Grafted 75c 
Ech. ehrenbergii. Forms clusters of small, 
light green branches bearing soft white 
spines.RC 25c 
