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Knickerbocker Nursery 
Pereskia bleo. A shrub with dainty pink flowers and 
lovely spines___35c 
P. godseffiana. The most beautiful one in the coloring 
of the leaves. Supposed to have been a sport and to 
have originated in Australia-—.$1.00 
P. grandiflora. Large violet blooms. S. America...25c 
P. moorei. Shrub with rosy blooms, very long spines 
Brazil _ 25c 
P. pereskia. A vine, looking like a Bougainvillea but a 
true cactus. Very sweet, yellow, waxen flowers. 
Rapid grower_35c 
P. sacharosa. Paraguay and Argentina. Flowers in ter¬ 
minal clusters, rose colored or white_ 25c 
The Pereskiopsis are the second step in evolution in 
Cacti. 
P. chapistle. Branching with fleshy leaves and yellow flow¬ 
ers and red fruit. Mexico_25c 
P. digueti. Central Mexico. Branches; pubescent areoles 
when young filled with white hairs becoming black 
wool. Flowers yellow, fruit red_25c 
P. porteri. Lower Calif. and Mex. Waxen yellow 
blooms, orange fruit, thick leaves, sprawling_25c 
Rathbunia alamosensis. Sonora. Tubular, red flowers with 
recurved petals. Fine. S-25c to 35c 
Schlumbergera gaertneri. Bright red blooms. Like a 
Xmas cactus_25c to 50c 
The Selenicerei are slender climbers. The flowers are 
white and in some varieties are as large as a dinner 
plate. Nocturnal. 
S. grandflorus _50c 
S. hamatus. A curious one that looks as if it were grow¬ 
ing upside down. Blooms very beautiful and 
fragrant _______25c to $1.00 
S. macdonaldiae. Lovely big blooms_50c 
S. mallisoni. Hybrid with red flowers _35c 
S. pteranthus. Large blooms with a delicate fragrance. 
S. vagans. Slender, climbing_35c 
Thelocactus bicolor. Lovely frilled blossoms_35c 
var. bolansis. Similar to the above with fewer spines. 
15c to 25c 
Trichocereus candicans. Low heavy heads. Yellow 
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spines. Large white flowers 
_50c 
T. lamprochlorous. Smaller than the above. Fine blooms 50c 
T. pachanoi. S. Amer. Very green; short spines; white 
flowers. Rare_, _50c 
T. spachianus. Yellow spines, rapid grower, common but 
beautiful. Very fragrant blossoms. Argentina_ 35c up 
T. terschecki. S_ 25c 
Wilcoxia australis. Sonora. A new plant with soft spines 
and a lovely creamy-pink bloom. Grafted plants 
only __ $1.00 
W. poselgeri. Snake like. Large flowers, bulbous roots. 
35c to 75c 
W. senilis. Grafted plants only. Hairy. Light purple 
blooms _ 75c 
W. striata. L. Calif, and Sonora. Very slender with 
wide gray ribs and purple flowers. Grafted plants. 
50c to 75c 
W. viperina. Mexico. Velvety looking stems. Red 
flowers. Good. Grafted _ 50c to $1.00 
Zygocactus bicolor. Red and white flowers. Grafted 
plants ... _ ___ 50c to $1.00 
Z. truncatus. The Xmas or Lobster Claw Cactus, Magenta 
blooms _ 25c 
Nice grafted plants_$1.00 
Z. variety. Has salmon colored blossoms_ 25c 
Nice grafted plants_ $1.00 
SPECIAL— 
8 Foreign seedlings, different varieties_ $1.00 postpaid 
16 Foreign seedlings, different varieties 2.00 postpaid 
0 /^\ !✓ /'"'V kl A Plantfood particularly suited 
• ^ for Cacti and Succulents. 
Three Sizes: 50c, $2 and $3 
Order from 
KNICKERBOCKER NURSERY 
or 
T. C. SPRUITT, ENCINITAS, CALIF. 
