San Diego , California 
5 
A. filifera. Mexico. With white hairs or threads and very 
slender leaves_•__25c 
A. ghiesbrechti. Small grower, suitable for pots_35c 
A. imperialis. Common garden name. Very blue and 
smooth and suited to large urns. A very fine va¬ 
riety _25c to $ 2.50 
A. lophantha. 
var. unvittata. Mexico. With a pale central band. 
Unusual looking and never gets large_.. 50c 
A. mitraeformis _50c 
A. parviflora. Arizona. A beautiful pot plant. Small flat 
rosette with white hairs and lines ___35c 
A. perplexans. (hartmanni). Larger than the foregoing 
but very similar . ___25c 
A. tequilana. Mexico. Closely related to decipiens. Used 
for making the fermented drink, tequila, in Mexico_50c 
A. victoria-regina. A perfect plant like a piece of carv¬ 
ing. Globose; incurved, heavy leaves 8 in. long 
mature. Marbled with white. Small ones only__25c 
Allied Plants 
Dasylirion serratifolia. Green, narrow, graceful, prickly 
leaves. S. E. Mexico- 50c 
D. wheeleri. The thread and needle plant of the Indians. 
Graceful grey-blue leaves with terminal threads. 
Native of Arizona_ 50c 
Manfreda brachystachys. Mexico_ 50c 
M. variegata. Small, spotted desert rosette _25c 
var. gigantea. Mexico. Large, purple dots_50c 
ALOE 
Choice one each of any 5 marked with asterisk for $1.00 
postpaid. If you care to pay the postage larger plants will be 
sent in all collection offers. 
Foreword: For canyon hillsides and larger plantings, noth¬ 
ing can exceed the larger Agaves and Aloes, the latter making 
a blaze of color when in bloom. There are Agaves and Aloes 
to suit every taste and every requirement. Sizes range in both 
classes from a tea-cup to a garage. Colors of blossoms range 
from pale yellow or green to orange and brilliant scarlet. 
ALOE VARIEGATA 
A type picture of a large group of beautifully 
marked plants 
A. abyssinica. One of the very largest of Aloes-50c 
A. arborescens. The Torch or the Red Flot Poker. Forms 
clumps of enormous sizes with long spikes of brilliant 
blooms of orange scarlet-15c 
