OLD MAN CACTUS 
(Cephalocereus senilis) 
Can you imagine a more curious plant 
than this white haired Old Man? It is 
completely clothed with snowy hair even 
the tiny plants are covered. An extraor¬ 
dinary addition to your collection. Fine 
plants, 50c to $2.00. 
BRAZILIAN OLD MAN 
(Cephalocereus Dybowskii) 
Certainly one of the finest novelties 
ever introduced. Beautiful cottony - 
white wool completely clothes the plant. 
Grows quite rapidly and easily. In 
Bahia it grows on dry hills forming 
dense thickets. Nice plants 50c and $1. 
OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 
(Oreocereus Trollii) 
The abundant silky white hair clothes 
the plant like cobwebs. Grows high in 
the Andes where, sheltered by the win¬ 
ter snows it clings among the barren 
rocks. Venerable like the bearded 
Trolls of German fable. 50c. Larger 
$1.00 and $2.50. 
SNOW BALL CACTUS 
(Espostoa lanata) 
Each plant is completely clothed with 
soft white wool making it look just like 
a snow ball. A long expedition into 
the fastnesses of the Andes was neces¬ 
sary to get seed of it. 50c. Larger 75c. 
A Group of OLD MEN CACTI 
* NOTOCACTUS OTTONIS. See front cover 
for colored illustration. This beautiful dwarf 
Cactus is found in flower all summer. It is 
most easy to grow and blooms when quite 
small. The fat, tiny globe is covered with 
brown harmless spines and at the top bears 
a long succession of woolly brown buds and 
brilliant lemon-yellow flowers. Young plants 
are produced in abundance about the base 
of old plants. $1.00. Mature plants, $2.00. 
Notocactus apricus. A very rare plant form¬ 
ing small clusters and bearing big yellow 
blossoms, the buds and flower tubes densely 
covered with wool. Splendid blooming size 
plants, $1.50. 
if REBUTIA. An extremely rare group of 
splendid flowering plants! Easy to grow and 
with most handsome blossoms. Plants form 
small clusters and are wreathed in blooms. 
R. PSUEDODEMINUTA. May often have a 
dozen flowers at a time, each over an inch 
across, with wall-flower red petals bordered 
with gold. Splendid! Fine grafted plants. $1. 
Larger, $2. R. Steinmannii. Beautiful blos¬ 
soms. Very rare. Grafted plants, $1.50. 
★ TURK'S CAP. (Melocactus). These strange, 
globular Cacti bear a red fez perched on top 
from which the flowers are produced. M. 
Maxonii, 35c. M. intortus, 35c- M- melocac- 
toides, 35c. M. Antonii, 35c. M. amoenus, 
40c. M. Broadwayi, 50c. M. communis, 40c. 
M. caesius, 40c. Collection of 3 varieties, my 
choice, $1. 8 varieties. $2.50. 
10" Spined Barrel. (F. rectispinus). In the 
southernmost end of Lower California grows 
the longest spined of all Cacti. It is a medium 
sized Barrel, armed with preposterous hooked 
spines, 25c. 
if PARODIA. A splendid new genus of fine 
flowering small barrel Cacti from South 
America. Many new ones have just been 
found. P. AUREISPINA. A beautiful small 
plant with pretty yellow flowers. Plant bril¬ 
liant green with hooked central spine. Splen- 
A REAL CACTUS HOUSE 
n b. . , July 2. 1935. 
Dear Mr. Johnson: 
I am enclosing a picture of my greenhouse filled 
with Cacti from your gardens. I have had very qood 
luck with them. y 
CHAS. A. SMITH. 
New York 
ROSE TUNA CACTUS 
(Opuntia basilaris) 
This interesting Tuna frequents our most barren 
deserts where in late spring its glorious, brilliant pink 
flowers form welcome spots of color. Each glistening 
petal is like crumpled Chinese silk. Will stand 15 
degrees below zero. 35c. 
VARIOUS CACTI 
if LEMON VINE CACTUS. (Pereskia aculeata.) 
A handsome vine with glossy green leaves 
and creamy white clusters of lemon scented 
flowers. Fine for grafting other Cactus on, 25c. 
Rose Cactus. (Pereskia bleo). A bush Cac¬ 
tus with 6" clusters of brilliant rose-like pink 
blossoms. Blooms all summer. Fine. 50c. 
if ORANGE TUNA. (O. elata). Brilliant orange 
colored flowers. Flat spineless pads. 25c. 
★ BURBANK'S SPINELESS CACTUS. The won¬ 
derful fruit bearing Cactus developed by 
Luther Burbank. Fruit size of duck eggs with 
pineapple flavor. Prodigious fruit bearers, 50c. 
★ OPUNTIA MONACANTHA VARIEGATA 
Handsomely variegated with pink and white. 
An easily grown, beautiful plant. Should be 
in every collection. 35c. 
Nopalea coccinellifera variegata. Beautifully 
variegated with white. 30c. 
PRICKLY PEARS 
Hardy Prickly Pears. These splendid bloom¬ 
ing winter Hardy Cactus are fine for the rock 
garden. O. grandiilora. 3" handsome yellow 
blossoms. Plants smothered in flowers for 
months. 25c. O. humifusa. Large yellow 
flowers, 25c. O. arborescens. With round 
stems, 30c. O. camanchica. Yellow. 30c. O. 
mojavensis. Yellow. 30c. O. polycantha. Deep 
yellow, 25c. O. fragilis. From Arctic Circle. 
25c. O. rhodantha. From Rocky Mts. 25c. O. 
humistrata. A dwarf finger cactus with bril¬ 
liant cerise flowers, 35c. 
COLLECTION No. 169B— «1 50 
8 VARIETIES. 1 
did! 50c and $1.00. P. chrysacanthion. A 
dainty plant with beautiful blossoms, 75c. 
P. Maassii. Fine plant with hooked central 
spines, 40c. 
if GYMNOCALYCIUM SCHICKENDANTZII. A 
pretty white flowered South American Echino- 
cactus. Nice plants, 50c. 
if LOBIVIA. These rarest of Cacti are among 
the most gorgeous in bloom and within a few 
years will completely revolutionize our present 
conception of choice plants. They flower 
? uite freely with fine varicolored blossoms. 
he plants are cylindric. 5"-6" high with 
from a few to 50 ribs and long hooked spines. 
The name is an anagram of Bolivia. L. Haag- 
eana. A beautiful, new species with hand¬ 
some flowers. 75c. L. longispina. 90c. 
L. Higginsiana. $1. L. nigra. $1. L. Schrie- 
teri. 75c. L. potosina, $1. L. Backebergii, $1. 
L. famatimensis, $1.50. 
Malacocarpus Hennisii. A new flowering 
plant, 50c. 
Eriosyce korethroides. A rare Chilean plant 
with fine flowers. 75c. 
WON FIRST PRIZE 
Gentlemen: 
The Cacti arrived in splendid condition and I am 
looking forward to seeing them bloom for me. I have 
quite a collection that I have been acquiring for 
years. I won first prize in the Flower Show this 
summer. Sincerely yours, 
M. N. OSBORN. 
Iowa. 
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