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Knickerbocker Nursery 
EUPHORBIA (continued) 
E. lactea cristata. Beautiful pot plants with many curious 
convolutions, about 7-in. across and 7-in. high_ #3.50 
*E. mammillaris. Cape region. Called the "Corn Cob,” 
which it resembles_15c to 25c 
E. mauretanica. A leafy, light green, slender shrub. 
15c to 25c 
E. meloformis. Cape region. Dark green, globular, with 
depressed centers. One of the two globular forms look¬ 
ing like a Cactus---#1.00 
E. nerifolia. India. Shrubby. Grows to 6 or 7 ft. 8 to 
10 in. in diam. Heavily horned stem with large 
leaves _25c up 
E. obesa. S. Africa. 3 yr. old seedlings, globular, marked 
like a piece of gingham and very fascinating. ...#1.25 
E. pilosa. Europe and N. Asia_15c 
E. psuedocactus. Profusely marbled with white and sharp¬ 
ly angled ribs_25c up 
E. regis-jubea. Teneriffe. Branching shrub with narrow, 
gray-green leaves_ 15c 
E. resinfera. S. W. Morocco. 4-angles, many branches. 
yielded the Euphorbia Gum of the Ancients_50c 
E. schimperi _ 15c 
E. similis. (natalensis). Natal. Looks like a large Cereus. 
Prices on application. 
*E. splendens. Madagascar. "Crown of Thorns.” A lovely 
pot plant with red flowers almost continual. Can be 
twisted and trained into many forms_25c to #2.50 
E. squarrosa. 4-angled, very green----_.50c 
E. tirucauli. S. Asia_-_15c 
*E. xylophylloides. Madagascar. Chubby, interesting, fine. 
Flat, thick, V 2 in. wide, leaf-like branches-25c 
Allied Plants 
Jatropa berlandieri. Distinctive plant with an above 
ground tuber; deeply cut leaves and scarlet flowers. 
Deciduous in winter_50c to #1.00 
Pedilanthus euphorboides. Queer plant with long, green 
stems surmounted by flowers having the characteristic 
bird-like involucres which distinguish Pedilanthus 
from Euphorbia _#1.00 
P. grandiflora variegata. Variegated leaves and charm¬ 
ing red blossoms-50c 
P. macrocarpus. The Lower California species. Many 
stemmed. Red monkshood shaped blooms— -75c 
P. tithymaloides. The juice may be used for invisible ink, 
becoming visible if dipped in gallic acid. Blossoms 
like little red birds-25c 
Synadenium granti. African milk bush. Unspined and 
leafy with pretty red stems-25c 
GASTERIA 
Gasterias are charming two ranked plants. The leaves are 
green mottled with white. 
G. caespitosa - 55c 
G. carinata - 55c 
G. colubrina --— 35c 
G. dicta _55c 
G. disticha - 55c 
G. echinata - 35c 
var. glauca - -35c 
G. glabra - 35c 
G. lauchi ----—-. ..--.35c 
G. maculata. Beautifully mottled glaucous variety becom¬ 
ing pink in the sun-35c 
G. nigricans _35c 
G. nitens. Similar to maculata but leaves longer and 
thinner _ 35c 
G. obtusifolia - 35c 
G. pulchra. Two ranked, leaves in tiers-35c 
G. spiralis. Grows to a very great size--35c 
G. verrucosa. One of the finest. Strictly two ranked. 
Heavily warted - 35c 
var. intermedia -35c 
var. latifolia- 35c 
var. scaberrima - 35c 
