GactI are shipped prepaid.. Seeds are shipped prepaid. 
Our plants are shipped in pots. This makes it unnecessary 
for the cactus to readjust itself after transplanting. 
Such shipping only slightly increases"cost of plants-and 
changes of loss are minimized. We do not' have a.highly 
ornate catalogue, for after all beautiful pictures or prop¬ 
aganda will not grow. 
Colorado is listed by most publications as' having but 
one or two species of cacti. This is incorrect and there 
are cacti in considerable-abundance. These species are 
seldom offered in commerce*., g’fj'e names used are from a 
"New Manual of Rocky Mountain*Botany" by Coulter and Nelson 
since this is a readily available work written for this 
region. The genera listed are: 
Mamillaria ...... 4 species 
Echinocactus .... 3 species 
Echinocereus .... 5 species 
Opuntia . ... il species 
Did you know the stamens of cactus blossoms can move? 
Touch a fresh flower and the stamens crowd around the point 
of contact f@r perhaps 30 seconds and then relax. At the 
base of the stigma are nectaries which attract wild bees 
who a-re trapped by -stamen-.movement and dusted with pollen. 
The bees may carry pollen to the stigma of another flower 
thus assuring cross fertilization. 
Ail cacii native t.e .Colorado have adapted themselves 
to hot dry summers-and cold variable winters. Our cacti 
are frost hardy and withstand cold as 'extreme as 30 degrees 
below zero if in wilted condition. They become firm again 
on approach of warm weather. It is reasonably safe to say 
that Colorado cacti will withstand the cold to be found 
in many regions but in their native state there is little 
winter moisture so that in more humid climates they will 
need protection against too moist a soil. They should 
enter winter in a somewhat wilted condition. Give as much 
strong sunlight as possible. 
