Peanut Cactus Fish Hook Mamillaria Huernia Xmas Cheer Silver Dumpling Cactus 
CURIOSITY COLLECTION No. 155. The six plants pictured above will thrive as pot plants in the window garden or, during the c» 1 1R 
summer, planted out in the Rock Garden. Cacti and Succulents will thrive in gas heated rooms for they are not affected by dry heat ^ I 
as are less hcrrdy plants. These are excellent gifts for shut-ins. They grow easily and require little care or water... '.... .. -*• 
AN AMATEUR’S COLLECTION 
The Cactus collection of Mr. George Enos, Jr., of 
New York. During the winter Mr. Enos keeps it in 
the house in a sunny window. After danger of frost 
is over it is placed out doors in a dry, sunny loca¬ 
tion. This induces Cacti to flower freely. It is sur¬ 
prising what a varied collection can be kept in a 
small place. 
CROWN OF THORNS 
Clusters of bright red blossoms cover this wonderful 
African plant the year around! It is closely related 
to the brilliant Poinsettia. Easily grown, it makes a 
very valuable specimen especially when trained into 
fan shape or a ball. No collector can afford to be 
without it. 35c. Larger, 50c and $1.50. 
HEDGE HOG CACTUS 
This splendid Echinopsis belongs to Mrs. Thomas 
Scoles of Washington. The original plant, says Mrs. 
Scoles, was given her 13 years ago and now fills the 
keg to overflowing, blooming from early spring till fall. 
14 flowers are showing. She stores it in a cool, dry 
attic during winter. 
HEDGE HOG CACTI 
Hedge Hog Cacti are scientifically known as 
Echinopsis and are amongst the freest bloom¬ 
ing and easiest to grow of all. Generally 
they do not become much larger than an 
orange or muskmelon though with age they 
form clusters. The blossoms are shaped like 
Easter Lilies and are often much larger than 
the plants! Some are pink, others white, 
while one is a bright golden yellow. Of my 
large collection I can at present offer only a 
few kinds. 
Echinopsis multiplex, the original Hedge Hog 
Cactus. Turn to page 2 for a photograph. 
Big pink blossoms and a very free bloomer 
often producing a dozen or more flowers at 
a time! 25c. Larger specimens, $2. Echinop¬ 
sis turbinata. Snowy white frilled flowers. 
Free in bloom, 40c. E. calochlora. A hand¬ 
some plant with very large, pure white, many 
petalled flowers, $1. E. violacea. A rare new 
species with handsome blossoms, 35c. E. Syl- 
vestrii. A beautiful, pure white flowered 
species, 50c. E. paraguayensis. New species, 
75c. E. saltensis. A most unusual species 
with funnel shaped red flowers, $1. E. leu- 
cantha. With very long wiry spines and big 
purple and white flowers, 75c. E. Graulichii. 
Rare new species, 75c. E. Fischeri. A garden 
form, 50c. E. Eyriesii. An old favorite, 25c. 
★ GOLDEN HEDGE HOG CACTUS. (E.aurea). 
An exquisitely beautiful form with brilliant 
golden yellow blossoms. A free bloomer but 
extremely rare plant. 75c and $1.00. 
★ HYBRID HEDGE HOG CACTUS. A fine 
group of free blooming hybrids. Everyone 
should have them. 25c. 
5 varieties my selection $1.00 
TIGER’S JAWS 
This strange African succulent has peculiar toothed 
leaves like a pair of Jaws. Bears big golden yellow 
blossoms in winter. Blooms easily and freely. 25c. 
Variety superba with heavily white spotted leaves, 40c. 
★ HEDGE HOG CEREUS ★ 
On the front cover in color I have illus¬ 
trated one of these easily grown Echinocereus. 
They are all small growing and vividly beau¬ 
tiful when in bloom. The short cob shaped 
branches burst forth in summer with the most 
exquisite blossoms, pink, scarlet, sometimes 
crimson, purple or yellow the petals shining 
like frost. E. pentalophus. Gorgeous blos¬ 
soms, 25c. Fine big grafted plants that flower 
most freely, 75c. E. Merkeri. Big purple 
flowers, 25c. E. paucispinus. Red flowers, 35c. 
E. leptacanthus, 30c. E. sarissophorus. Very 
large purple blossoms, 35c. E. melanocentrus. 
An exquisite globular plant blooming all 
summer long. Pink, 25c. E. Brandegeii. Rare, 
35c. E. Blankii. A beauty with pink blos¬ 
soms, 25c. E. procumbens. Handsome pink 
flowers, 25c. 
A CACTUS FANCIER’S WINDOW GARDEN 
Mr. William Stadelmeyer. Jr., of Pennsylvania has 
a most interesting collection of Cacti and Succulents. 
Placed before a sunny window his plants are growing 
freely. These are Just the plants for growing in an 
apartment for they do well and cause no muss. No 
matter if you must be away for days for they are 
used to going months without water. 
• PHOTOGRAPHS # 
It is always a pleasure to receive photo¬ 
graphs from our friends showing their Cactus 
collections. We are all interested in what 
you are doing and snapshots of your own 
collection are often instructive to others. What 
a satisfaction it is to learn that thousands of 
others in every State in the Union are inter¬ 
ested in your hobby. For all that I use to 
illustrate our catalogs I shall be glad to 
choose a collection of 10 Cacti in exchange. 
CHRISTMAS CACTUS 
Showers of splendid fuschia-like flowers at Xmas. 
A prodigious bloomer often bearing hundreds of flow¬ 
ers. Has no spines and does well in shade. Treat it 
like a fern. 25c. Grafted plants. 75c. 
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