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Knickerbocker Nursery 
CACTI 
Acanthocereus pentagonus. Triangular, procumbent; 
night bloomer. Good grafting stock 15c 
Ancistrocactus scheeri. Small tubercled plant. Yellow 
spines, some hooked- 35c 
Aporocactus conzatti. Oaxaca, Mexico. Creeping tails 
covered with brown bristles. Flo\vers brick red. 
Grafted plants _ #1.00 
A. flagelliformis. Rat Tail. Long slender, pendant stems 
covered with short spines and magenta flowers. A 
good house plant_15c to 50c 
The above grafted Has much more vigor_ #1.00 up 
A. flagriformis. Oaxaca, Mexico. Erect at first, then 
creeping, much branched. Flowers dark crimson. 
Grafted plants _i_#1.00 
A. leptophis. Mexico. Strongly ribbed slender tails with 
bristly spines_ #1.00 
Ariocarpus fissuratus. The Living Rock. Looks more like 
an amphibian than a plant_25c to 35c 
Astrophytum asterias. The Sea Urchin. Small, flat, dis¬ 
tinctive _25c to #1.00 
A. capricorne. Long curling spines. S_#1.00 up 
A. myriostigma. The celebrated "Bishop’s Cap.” Cov¬ 
ered with myriads of small tufts of white wool. S_50c 
var. coahuilensis. S. _35c 
var. potosina. S_35c 
A. ornatum. Ornate yellow spines. Many tuft of wool. 
S. _____35c to 50c 
var. mirbelli. Few tufts of wool. S_35c to 50c 
Bergerocactus emeryi. In the U. S. native of San Diego 
Co. and some of the Channel Islands, only. Yellow 
spined, slender cereus, different from any other cactus. 
Sensitive to cold_25c to #1.00 
Binghamia chosiquensis. Seedings _ 35c 
Borzicactus straussi. Slender South American cereus 
covered with white wool like spines. Hardy. Flowers 
tubular, red. S._35c up 
Brittonia davisi. Tubercled ribbed barrel from Texas with 
slender, long, yellow, hooked spines__.50c up 
Carnegiea gigantea. The Arizona Giant _75c up 
CEREUS 
The Cerei are tall columnar plants having large, 
white, nocturnal flowers. 
Cereus bolivianus. S_15c 
C. eburneus. S___15c 
C. formosus monstrosus. A curious plant covered with 
knobs rather than ribs__25c up 
C. hexagonus. West Indies. Spineless. Looks like a big 
Euphorbia. Large ones only_#3.00 to #5.00 
C. jamacaru. Blue _25c to 75c 
C. peruvianus. S._35c up 
C. peruvianus monstrosus. Another knobby plant... #1.00 up 
C. validus. Four sided. Blue. S......25c 
C. xanthocarpus. Paraguay. Tree. White wooly areoles. 
S. _:____15c 
Chamaecereus silvestri. "Peanut Cactus.” Always remains 
small, hence very suitable for bowls. Free bloomer, 
orange red. Likes a little shade __15c to 25c 
Cleistocactus baumanni. S______50c 
Coryphantha alversoni. S. Calif. "Fox Tail Cactus.” 
White spines with black and brown tips_25c 
C. chlorantha. California and Nevada. Small ball cov¬ 
ered with white spines with dark tips. Yellow to pur¬ 
plish bloom _ 15c 
C. erecta. S. _ 25c 
C. macromeris . 15c 
C. micromeris _____15c to 25c 
C. muehlenpfordti __50c to #3.00 
C. neo-mexicana ........15c to 50c 
C. pectinata _____15c to #2.00 
C. runyoni .—_______25c to 50c 
C. sulcata ____-__25c to 50c 
C. vivipara. (radiosa) __ 25c to #4.00 
