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HOWARD E. GATES 
O. macrocalyx. Small, light green, spine¬ 
less pads bearing white glochids, yel¬ 
low flowers, red fruits.RC 25c 
0. margaritana. Low. Calif. A flat jointed 
species bearing brown to purple spines 
and glochids, yellow flower.RC 50c 
0. microdasys. The Kid Glove Cactus. 
Small pads densely covered with fine 
yellow glochids. One of the prettiest 
and very easy to grow.RC 15c, 25c 
O. molesta. Low. Calif. A slender 
branched, well spined Cliolla....RC 25c 
O. moniliformis. An attractive species 
with small spined, paddle shaped joints 
.RC 50c 
O. monacantha variegata. Thin flat pads 
beautifully variegated in white, pink, 
green and yellow.RC 15c, 25c, 35c 
O. opuntia. Small, round, smooth pads, 
large yellow flowers. Hardy....RC 25c 
O. pycnantha. An interesting species 
from the wind swept sands of Mag¬ 
dalena Island, Low. Calif. Fat joints 
nearly hidden by reflexed, fine yellow 
or brown spines.RC 50c 
O. ramosissima. Small, woody, much 
branched, low plants.RC 35c 
O. rufida. The Red Kid Glove Cactus. 
Thin pads bearing many clusters of 
short red glochids.RC 25c 
O. salmiana. South America. Slender, 
round, tapering branches, often tinted 
red, bearing yellow flowers followed by 
red fruits.RC 25c 
O. santa rita. Round, blue pads, sparsely 
spined, yellow flowers. Hardy RC 35c 
O. serpentina variety. Low. Calif. An 
attractive green jointed Cholla with 
brown spines yellow flowers....RC 25c 
O. spinosior. An attractive short spined 
tree Cholla, purple flowers.-RC 15c, 25c 
O. subulata. Large tree shaped, branch¬ 
ing plant bearing persistent, round, 
long leaves.RC 25c, 35c 
O. tesajo. Low. Calif. A rare, low bushy, 
woody plant of the Ramosissima group, 
yellow flowers.RC 25c 
O. treleasii. One of the Basilaris group 
bearing clusters of long bristles. 
.RC 25c 
O. ursina. The Grizzly Bear Cactus. The 
flat pads bear long, hairy, white spines, 
pink flowers. Very hardy..RC 25c, 35c 
O. whitneyana var. albiflora. (O. mini¬ 
ma). (Baxter). The white flowered 
Opuntia basilaris. Smaller and daintier 
than the pink flowered.RC 25c 
O. zebrina. Smooth, green pads bearing 
long spines banded with yellow and 
brown.RC 25c 
O. Gates No. 95. Low. Calif. Whiplike 
branches that clamber up through 
other bushes. Bears scarlet fruits of 
the Leptocaulis group.RC 25c 
Howard Gates in our 1935 exhibit at the San Diego Exposition. The 1936 exhibit, 
which is on the walk to the Palace of Transportation, is much larger and better. 
