8 
HOWARD E. GATES 
ECHINOCEREUS 
Among the Hedge Hog Cactus are some 
of our finest house and garden varieties. 
Nearly all are easily grown and many 
produce large bright colored flowers There 
are several groups such as the depressed 
spined single headed ones, long spined 
clusters, short spined clusters and sparse¬ 
ly spined, slender branched procumbent 
species. They are all numbered among 
the smaller cactus as few get over a foot 
in height. 
Ech. species. Crests of an unidentified 
species bearing very short, red and 
yellow spines.Grafted 75c 
Ech. barthelowanus. Low. Calif. Forms 
clusters of small heads hidden by 
straight brown to purple spines. Rooted 
divisions.35c, 50c 
Ech. blanckii. Clusters of short spined, 
few angled slender branches, large 
purple flowers.—.RC 25c 
Ech. brandegeeii. Clusters of tall heads 
bearing flat, heavy gray or yellow 
spines, large clear pink flowers. 
.RC 35c, 50c, 75c 
Ech. chloranthus. Clusters of tall heads 
bearing vari-colored bright spines, 
green flowers. Plants.25c, 35c, 50c 
Ech. coccineus. Compact clusters of short 
spiny heads, red flowers. Quite hardy. 
Small plants.25c 
A California Cactus Garden 
Ech. dasyacanthus. Stout heads covered 
with light, vari-colored spines, large 
yellow flowers. Plants.25c, 35c 
Ech. delaetii. Clustered large heads that 
become completely covered with long 
white hair. Beautiful pink flowers. 
Small grafted.75c 
Ech. ehrenbergii. Forms clusters of small 
light green branches bearing soft white 
spines. Small.RC 25c 
Ech. engelmannii. Clustering large 
branches with vari-colored long spines, 
large magenta flower. Quite hardy. 
Collected plants.15c, 25c, 35c, 50c 
Ech. enneacanthus. Clusters of tall, fat, 
green branches, white spines, many 
pink flowers. Clusters. 
.25c, 35c, 50c, 75c 
Ech. ferreirae. (Gates in lit.) Low Calif. 
A fine new species discovered on our 
1934 Mexican trip to be named in honor 
of Senor Enrique Ferreira, former Con¬ 
sul in San Diego. This large headed 
clustering species is peculiar in that 
every head grows its own roots. The 
large clear pink flowers bear white 
spine clusters on their outer scales.... 
.RC 50c, 75c 
Ech. fitchii. Heavy heads covered with 
light colored short spines, large pink 
flowers. Plants.25c, 35c, 50c 
Ech. knippelianus. A few ribbed, glos¬ 
sy dark green plant bearings few very 
small spines, pink flowers. Small 
grafted plants.75c 
Ech. maritimus. (Cereus flaviflorus). 
Low. Calif. This species forms many 
headed large clusters along the sea 
coast with spines varying from yellow 
to gray. The yellow flowers are pro¬ 
duced freely over a long period. 
.RC 25c, 35c, 50c 
Ech. melanocentrus. A new beauty that 
is one of our favorites. Clusters of 
small, short spined heads bearing beau¬ 
tiful pink, red centered flowers. Plants 
.25c, 35c, 50c 
Ech. mojavensis. The Dill Pickle Cactus. 
Compact clusters of green heads, 
curved gray spines, red flowers. Hardy 
.1V 2 in. S 25c 
Ech. pacificus. Low. Calif. A rare but 
easily grown fine species. The densely 
clustered heads are hidden by brown 
to purplish spines. Red flowers. 
.RC 35c, 50c, 75c 
Ech. pensilis. Low. Calif. All the known 
plants in the country came from one 
cluster we found while on a hard mule 
trip into the high mountains of the 
Cape. Branches pea green, an inch or 
more in diameter with almost white 
spines, scarlet flowers. A few RC 75c 
