FAMOUS CACTUS GARDENS 
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O. Gates No. 133. Low. Calif. A Cholla 
with short, turgid joints, very short 
spines, bronzy green flowers. Very in¬ 
teresting.RC 25c 
O. species. A new one from Sonora. Has 
slender, round green branches bearing 
spines and quite persistent, long, 
round leaves.RC 25c 
Perekiopsis chapistle. A heavy caned, 
shrubby plant, large leaves. Attractive 
.RC 25c 
Perekiopsis gatesii. (Baxter 1932). Low. 
Calif. One of our discoveries. A vining 
plant bearing thick, glossy leaves, 
golden yellow flowers shaped like wild 
roses, rose pink fruits.RC 25c 
Perekiopsis porterii. Vining plant with 
green leaves, large yellow flowers, long, 
orange fruits.RC 25c 
MISCELLANEOUS SUCCULENT 
PLANTS 
Agave or Century Plants are one of the 
crowning glories of Lower California. 
We list many of the twenty-five specie 
from there. Most of them are exceed¬ 
ingly rare. The heights indicate the 
probable height of the leaves under 
cultivation. 
A. affinis. Low. Calif. Very rare. Gray 
green, re-curved leaves. 3 feet.. 
.Offsets 50c 
A. brandegeeii. Low. Calif. Gray green 
out curved leaves with contrasting 
medium sized teeth. 3 y 2 feet. Very 
good. Offsets 50c, Plants 75c, $1.00. 
A. cerulata. Low. Calif. A small species 
with gray green leaves, recurved at 
tips iy 2 feet. Offsets 35c, 50c. 
A. connochaetodon. Low. Calif. The Gnu 
Toothed Agave. A little blue beauty. 
Short, thick, triangular leaves edged 
with curiously twisted, large teeth and 
tipped with short heavy spines. 1 foot. 
Offsets.50c 
A. datylio. Low. Calif. Rather slender, 
dark green dagger like leaves with 
small dark teeth. 2 y 2 feet. Offsets 
50c. Plants 75c, $1.00. 
A. Gates No. 231. Low. Calif. New slender, 
dark green, tapering leaves with small 
brown teeth 4 feet....Offsets 50c, 75c 
A. margaritae. Low. Calif. Dwarf plants 
with very thick, triangular, green 
leaves edged with heavy brown teeth. 
1 foot. A fine pot plant.Offsets 50c 
A. nelsonii. Low. Calif. A gray green 
plant of the Desertii group. 2 feet. 
Offsets 35c, 50c. Plants 75c, $1.00 
A. orcuttiana. Low. Calif. A compact 
plant with heavy dark green leaves. 
3 feet.3 in. S 25c 
A. roseana. Low. Calif. A beauty, bear¬ 
ing widely spreading gray green leaves 
with distantly spaced large teeth and 
long terminal spines. 2 y 2 feet. Off¬ 
sets 50c. 
A. sebastiana. Low. Calif. Dark green 
leaves, large teeth, long spine. 3 feet. 
.-.3 in. S 25c 
A. toumeyii. A dwarf variegated variety 
from Arizona. New. Hardy..3 in. P 25c 
A. utahensis. A dwarf gray green variety 
with long, wavy, terminal spines. 1 
foot. Hardy. Small plants 25c, 35c. 
Aloe variegata. The Partridge Breast 
Aloe. Small, angular, stiff leaves mark¬ 
ed by horizontal bars of white and blue 
green.2 in. P 35c 
Dudleya. Native plants of California and 
Lower California that are quite similar 
in appearance to Echeverias (Hen and 
Chickens). Their leaves are more 
pointed, varying greatly in size and 
color. In California they will flourish 
in the winter and spring, curl up and 
rest in the summer. Valuable as rock¬ 
ery and pot plants. Do not like to be 
grown where water will drip on them. 
We have a few plants each of a large 
number of rare species, both named 
and unnamed from Low. Calif, at 50c 
each. 
Dudleya abramsii. A rare but easily 
grown tiny species forming rosettes 
three inches across with gray green 
pointed leaves, yellow flowers. 
.Plants 25c 
Hechtia species. A clustering Bromiliad 
from the tip of Low. Calif. Gray green 
with red silver and red markings. 
Smaller than H. Texensis. 
.Plants 50c, $1.00 
Hechtia texensis. Long, thin, recurved, 
gray green leaves marked with dark 
red markings and bearing hooked teeth 
on the margins.Offsets 25c 
Gasteria retata. The Hart’s Tongue. 
Fleshy, smooth, speckled tongue shap¬ 
ed leaves extending in two directions 
only. Small P 25c, Specimen P $1.00 
Pedilanthus macrocarpus. A Euphorbia 
Curious plants composed of clustering 
gray green, rod like, leafless branches 
springing from the ground. Height to 
three feet.RC 35c, 50c 
Styllophyllum virens. Rosettes of deep 
green glossy leaves from San Clemente 
Is., Calif. Good rockery plant. 
.Plants 35c 
Yucca species. A new one from Low. 
Calif., apparently related to Y. whip- 
plei. Slender, gray green, pointed 
leaves from a crown.. .S 25c 
