5 Rare BARGAIN Collections 
WHITE TORCH CACTUS 
(Trichocereus Soachianus) 
This photograph is not an exagger¬ 
ation but shows what a Trichocereus 
can do when well grown. Each snowy 
blossom is (! inches across and what 
a sight their sparkling masses are in 
the morning sunlight! The easiest 
growing Cactus quickly forming clus¬ 
ters of stems bright green with brown 
spines. I can recommend this to 
everyone. 25c. Larger $1.00. $2.50 
and $5.00. 
FANCIERS COLLECTION 
A REAL COLLECTION AT A LOW PRICE 
For those who wish to secure a foundation col¬ 
lection of Cacti and Succulents at a great saving 
I offer this splendid group. In it I endeavor to 
give a representative selection of the most favored 
kinds and will include in it such rare and inter¬ 
esting things as the Old Man, Queen of the Night, 
Tiger's Jaw, Living Rock, Starfish Flower, Peanut Cactus, White Torch, 
Snake Cactus and many others to be found in any worthwhile collec¬ 
tion. All plants are of my first quality sent postage paid and guar¬ 
anteed to arrive in perfect condition. 
No. 163A—12 Labelled varieties— $050 
No. 163B—25 Labelled varieties— $C00 
No. 163C—55 Labelled varieties Ji 
My selection. 
HOME CACTUS COLLECTION 
COLLECTION No. 164 
With the Splendid Book “Cacti in the Home" 
If you are interested in Cacti only, but feel at a loss to select the 
varieties that will do well with you, let me help you. In this collec¬ 
tion I have selected only such plants as our experience has shown 
will grow easily for the inexperienced fancier. I want you to have 
success and to insure it we send you also the finely illustrated book 
“Cacti in the Home", 50 pages of real information on the care of Cacti. 
25 varieties of Cacti, my selection, including a grafted 
Peanut Cactus and Book," “CACTI IN THE HOME" 
for only . 
10 00 
* SCARLET BUGLER CACTUS. 
(Cleistocactus Baumanii). Grows 
a foot high, each stem bearing 
tubular scarlet flowers for many 
months. A strikingly beautiful 
blossoming plant Very easy to 
grow, 35c. 
CLEISTOCACTUS sp. A new 
and as yet unnamed species. 
Exquisite blossoms, 35c. 
C. Herzogianus. New species 
with red brush-like flowers, 50c. 
★ SNOW BALL CACTUS (E. lanata). Turn to 
illustration on page 29. A beautiful, snowy 
white, small Cereus. Wool as fine and white 
as cotton. Soft, harmless, yellow spines. A 
long expedition into the fastnesses of the 
Peruvian Andes was necessary to get seed 
of it. 50c. Larger 75c. 
SILVER TORCH CACTUS 
(Cleistocactus Strausii) 
This beautiful silvery white Cereus from Bo¬ 
livia lias clustered slender columns with red 
flowers and soft harmless silvery spines. So 
pretty and easy to grow that no collection is 
complete without it. 30c each. 10-13 inch speci¬ 
mens, $1.50; 16-1S inch clusters. $3.00. 
OLD MEN CACTI 
One of the Most Interesting of Groups 
COLLECTION No. 165 
With this group you will have the nucleus of an 
extremely interesting collection. It contains the always 
beautiful white haired Old Man, the handsome new 
Brazilian Old Man with cottony white wool, the Old Man 
of the Mountain, Golden Club Cactus with handsome 
golden spines and the Old Man of the Andes with long 
silvery hair. This grows high in the Peruvian Andes. 
All of these aie most easily grown and will form a high 
point in any collection. A bargain group at.. 
SNAKE CACTUS 
(Nyctocereus seroentinus) 
From the first you will be pleased 
with the Snake Cactus. The flower 
buds are scattered irregularly, devel¬ 
oping all summer long. The snowy 
flowers open in the evening, their 
luscious fragrance haunting the dusk. 
It grows very rapidly, the fluted stems 
decked with accurately spaced stars 
of white spines. Everyone can suc¬ 
ceed with it. 25c. Larger 35c and 50c. 
if TRICHOCEREUS. To this group belong the 
White Torch Cactus and other gloriously flow¬ 
ering varieties. Some form close clumps a 
foot high, others are columnar. The blossoms 
of all are large and handsome. When in 
bloom the plants are literally wreathed in 
flowers, as many as 50 having been counted 
on one clump. T. Terscheckii. This easily 
grown plant has big snowy blossoms, 25c. 
T. Terscheckii montanus. 10,000 feet eleva¬ 
tion, 35c. T. Bridgesii. Huge blossoms, 35c. 
T. candicans. Dwarf 
with golden spines, 
30. T. Schickendant- 
zii. Masses of white 
ORANGE TORCH CACTUS 
(Haageocerens chosicensis) 
Handsome orange colored columns 
forming clusters crowded with circlets 
of red flowers. The thickset, brush¬ 
like spine groups clothe the stem 
completely. Quick grower. 35c, 50c 
and $1.00. 
of 
CEREUS FORMOSUS 
MONSTRUOSUS 
Crested and monstruose forms 
Cacti hold an irresistible attraction 
for those of us who are dyed-in-the 
wool collectors. Here is one of the 
prettiest and most completely mon- 
struose forms I know. Bright green 
witli rich brown spines. Grows easily 
and quickly. Fine grafted plants 50c. 
Large 75c and $1.00. 
flowers, 50c. T. strigosus. A 
beauty with rich red and yellow 
spines, 25c. T. litoralis. Very 
rare, 35c. T. Werdermannianus. 
A colossal new tree species from 
Bolivia with spines like shoe 
tacks, 75c. T. cephalomacrosti- 
bas. A brand new species from 
the Andes. Each spine cushion 
covered with felt. 75c. T. chilo- 
ensis. One of the best large 
flowering cereus with 6-inch, 
long, snowy white blossoms. 
Should be in every collection. 
25c. T. fascicularis. Found growing at ele¬ 
vations of 8,000 feet. 4 to 5 inch flowers, 
50c. T. coquimbanus. A rare one with fine 
white flowers 5" long, 30c. T. pasacana albi- 
cephalia. A giant species from the Argentine. 
Flowering branches covered with long white 
hair, 25c. T. Bertramianus. A new species 
just named, 75c. T. Vollianus. 50c. T. poco, 
50c. T. cephalopasacanus, 75c. T. lamproch- 
lorus, 40c. 5 VARIETIES, MY CHOICE. $1.00. 
GOOD PLANTS, GENEROUS COUNT 
Dear Mr. Johnson: April 4th, 1935. 
The order of Cacti plants came through in splendid 
condition. I always get a thrill when 
I unpack a box of your fine plants. 
Thanks so much for the extra ones you 
gave us. I hope some day I may be 
able to visit your gardens and see your 
wonderful collection. 
MRS. J. W. BRYAN. Iowa 
GRIZZLY BEAR 
This white haired Tuna Cactus fre¬ 
quents the desolate parts of our deserts. 
They like to grow in communities, white 
patches like grazing sheep scattered on 
rock strewn slopes. Our plants are col¬ 
lected where the temperature falls to 
10 degrees below zero. 35c. 
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