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HOWARD E. GATES 
E. ackermannii. Brilliant crimson flowers 
from four to six inches wide.RC 35c 
E. anguliger. Very interesting because of 
the great depth of the notches on its 
spineless edges. White flower....RC 35c 
E. caoperii. Creamy white flower..RC 35c 
E. crenatum. Flat spineless branches. 
Creamy white flower.RC 35c 
E. German Empress. Flat, green, spine¬ 
less drooping branches bearing numer¬ 
ous medium sized flowers of a beauti¬ 
ful clear pink.RC 35c. Grafted 75c 
E. peacockii. Triangular branches, bril¬ 
liant red flower.RC 35c 
E. pittieri. Flat branches, white flower 
.RC 35c 
E. speciosum. Trianguar branches bear¬ 
ing marvelous irridescent red flowers 
.RC 35c 
E. stenopetalum. Flat branches, white 
flower.RC 35c 
Heliocereus schrankii. Sun Cereus. Tri¬ 
angular, gray green branches with 
hardened edges, red flower. A climber 
.RC 50c 
Heliocereus speciousus. Sun Cereus. Pro¬ 
duces an abundance of triangular 
branches on whose notched margins 
enormous irridescent red blossoms are 
borne...RC 35c 
Peniocereus greggii. Arizona’s Queen of 
the Night. Sugar Beet Cactus. Slender, 
angled branches grow from an immense 
tuber shaped like a sugar beet. The 
large white, night blooming flower is 
followed by a cigar shaped red fruit 
.3 in. S 35c 
Pereskia pereskia. The Orange Leaf Cac¬ 
tus. Called by evolutionists, “The 
Mother of Cactus.” A slender, wiry 
branched climbing cactus bearing hook¬ 
ed thorns and large, persistent, glossy 
green leaves. Pale pink flowers. A 
favorite grafting stock. 
.RC 25c. Plants 50c 
Schlumbergia gaertneri. The Easter Cac¬ 
tus. The drooping, flat segmented 
branches carry an abundance of bright 
scarlet flowers in the spring time. 
Grows best in partial shade. Grafted 
on 10 and 12 inch standards....75c, $1.00 
Schlumbergia russelliana. A Christmas 
Cactus. The drooping branches of this 
plant are nearly hidden by pink flowers 
in the winter. Give it some shade. 
.RC 15c, P 25c 
Zygocactus salmonium. Crabs’ Claw Cac¬ 
tus. Drooping, flat segmented branches 
that bear numerous salmon pink flow¬ 
ers in the fall. Grow in partial shade. 
Grafted on 10 to 12 inch standards.... 
.75c, $1.00 
Wilcoxia. The Lead Pencil Cactus so- 
called from the long slender branches. 
These plants have clusters of tubers 
like those of Dahlias. They grow poor¬ 
ly on their own roots but grow vigor¬ 
ously when grafted. Grafted plants 
should be severely cut back several 
times to force the formation of many 
branches. All like some shade as they 
naturally grow up through other 
bushes. 
W. australis. A rare new species from 
Sonora. Slender very fine spined 
branches, magnificent light pink flower 
with golden yellow stamens spirally 
coiled around the green pistil. 
Grafted .$1.25 
W. poselgeri. (Cereus tuberosa). The 
Dahlia Cactus. Slender branches cov¬ 
ered with short gray to brown inter¬ 
laced spines. Beautiful pink flowers. 
Grafted.50c, 75c, $1.25 
W. senilis. (W. schmollii). A very strik¬ 
ing new species. The slender branches 
are covered with soft white hair. 
Grafted .75c 
W. striata. See Lower California List. 
W. viperina. (Cereus viperinus). Very 
slender, minutely spined branches, red 
flower. Small plants.50c 
Grafted .$1.00 
