FAMOUS CACTUS GARDENS 
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The West’s most beautiful Mamillaria, 
but very hard to grow. Likes coarse 
limey soil, little water. 
.Plants 25c, 35c, 50c 
Pyrrhocactus strausianus. Another fine 
small member of the South American 
Echinocactae. Small heads, short light 
spines, pink flowers. Small grafted—. 
. $ 1.00 
Rebutias are easily grown little gems 
from the high lands of South America. 
In size, they are comparable to small 
Mamillarias. Their short, harmless, 
light colored spines lie close to the 
plant bodies. Freely produced large, 
bright flowers curve up from near the 
base of the plants. 
Reb. fiebrigii. One of the very best with 
scarlet flowers. Small seedlings 25c. 
Small grafted ready in August 75c. 
Reb. grandiflora. Another very small 
plant with a beautiful large flower. 
Small grafted.75c 
Reb miniscula. Forms clusters of gobu- 
lar, deep green heads with depressed, 
short, whitish spines, beautiful scarlet 
flowers and fruits. Small RC 25c, 
small grafted.75c 
Reb. pseudodeminuta. A freely clustering 
beauty bearing golden flowers. Small 
grafted.75c 
Reb. senilis. A rare and beautiful hairy 
spined variety with red flowers. Small 
grafted.$1.00 
Reb. senilis var. breviseta. Globular with 
short bristly spines. Small grafted.. 
., $ 1.00 
Reb. senilis var. stumeriana... Small 
grafted.$1.00 
Reb. xanthocarpa var. citrocarpa. One of 
the easiest to grow and very satisfac¬ 
tory. Freely clustering light spined 
heads bearing red flowers. Small 
grafted.75c 
Roseocactus fissuratus. (Ariocarpus, An- 
halonium). The Living Rock Cactus. 
A curious small plant seemingly carved 
from gray stone in a most intricate pat¬ 
tern. Small pink to white flowers. 
Plant in coarse limey soil and water 
lightly. Plants 25c, 35c, 50c. 
Solisia pseudo=pectinata. Very pretty, 
small, globular plants bearing very 
short white spines. Small • grafted 
crests.$1.00 
Thelocactus bicolor. (Echinocactus). 
Conical, stiffly spined heads, pink 
flowers with orange throats. 
.1 y 2 in. S 25c, 214 in. P 50c 
Thelocactus hexadrophorus. Echinocac¬ 
tus). Globular heads, small depressed 
spines, purplish flowers....3 in. P $2.00 
MISCELLANEOUS CACTUS 
Aporocactus are commonly called Rat 
Tails because of their long pendant 
branches and are famous for their 
abundance of bright flowers. Only the 
pink flowered Flagelliformis has been 
common in our collections. Two reds 
and another pink have recently been 
imported from Mexico. 
A. conzattii, red.Grafted 60c 
A. flagelliformis, common pink, RC 15c 
25c. Grafted 50c. 
A. flagiformis, red.Grafted 60c 
A. leptophis, pink.Grafted 60c 
Chamaecereus sylvestrii. The Peanut 
Cactus so-called from its short plump 
branches which form compact clusters 
and produce an amazing number of 
scarlet flowers. Plants 15c, 25c, 35c 
Epiphyllopsis gartnerii. (Schlumberg- 
era). The Easter Cactus. The droop¬ 
ing, flat, segmented branches carry an 
abundance of bright scarlet flowers in 
the spring. Grows best in partial shale. 
Grafted on standards.75c 
Heliocereus speciosus. Sun Cereus. Pro¬ 
duces an abundance of triangular 
branches on whose notched margins 
enormous, irridescent red blossoms are 
borne.RC 50c 
Peniocereus johnstonii. Low. Calif. Long 
angular branches, short spines, large 
white, nocturnal flowers. Rare. Small 
grafted.75c 
Pereskia pereskia. The Orange Leaf 
Cactus. Called by evolutionists, “The 
Mother of Cactus.” A slender, wiry 
branched, climbing cactus bearing 
hooked thorns, large, persistent glossy 
leaves, pale pink flowers. A favorite 
grafting stock.RC 25c, Plants 50c 
Phyllocactus. (Epiphyllum). These 
plants are native to moist tropical for¬ 
ests where they grow on tree trunks 
like orchids. They prefer a soil rich 
in humus, plenty of water and some 
shade. They are excellent to grow with 
ferns and begonias. The branches of 
most kinds are blade like with spine¬ 
less, notched edges. The flowers are 
large and beautiful. Most kinds are 
day bloomers. 
Phyllo. ackermannii. Brilliant crimson 
flowers from four to six inches across. 
.RC 35c 
Phyllo. anguliger. Very interesting be¬ 
cause of the great depth of the notches 
on its spineless edges. White flower 
.RC 50c 
Phyllo. crenatum. Flat spineless branches, 
large creamy white flowers.RC 35c 
