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S UCCULENT plants are found throughout 
the world generally in regions of limited 
rainfall. They belong to diverse families 
of plants, many are members of the Milkweed 
family, others to the Pineapple family, some 
to the Lily families, others of the Spurge, Sun¬ 
flower, Iceplant, Stonecrops, etc. They all 
have one thing in common, the ability to store 
water during dry periods either in their leaves 
or stems. These parts are succulent (i.e. filled 
with water) which gives the group the name 
"Succulents." The principal places where 
Succulents are found are the dry regions of 
the Americas and South Africa where they 
flourish in a myriad of forms from tiny Stone 
Faces to giant tree Euphorbias. In the deserts 
of Africa ihey take the place of Cacti. 
MESEMBRIANTHEMUMS 
COMMONLY CALLED ICE PLANTS 
Almost all the members of this strange 
group are found in the deserts of South Africa. 
There they populate the dry, rolling veldts or 
seek refuge among the rocky, barren hills. 
The flowers are all so generally similar that 
you would never mistake them, but the plants 
themselves vary from tiny button-like Stone 
Faces to the larger Living Rocks and shrubby 
Mesembrianthemums. They are the collectors' 
hobby for hundreds of strange kinds are 
known. They are exceedingly easy to grow 
and need the same care as Cacti. Many varie¬ 
ties are listed below. 
★ LIVING ROCK. (Pleiospilos). These strang¬ 
est of mimicry plants imitate the rocks among 
which they grow perfectly. All of them have 
big yellow blossoms 2" to 3" across. They re¬ 
semble the scattered rocks of the veldts for 
protection from grazing animals who eagerly 
search for them. P. SIMULANS resembles two 
rough limestone rocks lying side by side. 
FINE. 35c. P. magnipunctata. Cluster of 
granite-like leaves. Big bright yellow flowers. 
35c. P. BOLUSII. This strange plant often 
has but two rock-like leaves between which 
the big yellow flowers unfold. 35c. P. NELII. 
finest and most rock-like. 75c. P. Dekenahi. 
Cluster of rock-like leaves and handsome 
flowers. 35c. P. canus. Clustered granite gray 
leaves, 35c. P. optatus. A fingered group of 
mimicry plants resemble the rocks among 
★ STONE FACE. (Lithops). These perfect 
cies, my selection, $1.00. 
limestone slivers. 35c. P. Fergusonii. A new 
clustered species. 35c. A collection of 4 spe- 
which they grow so closely as to be com¬ 
pletely invisible. They are entirely different 
from the Living Rocks. They are like round 
flat pebbles buried just flush with the ground 
and are beautifully marbled gray or brown 
with a tiny slit in the center from which the 
bright, daisy-like flowers burst forth. Not hard 
to grow. L. MUNDTII. Very pretty markings, 
25c. L. LESLEI. Beautiful red brown mark¬ 
ings, 35c. L. PSUEDOTRUNCATELLA. 
Fine gray and brown markings, 25c. L. Vallis 
Mariae, L. Marthae, L. ruschiorum, L. rugosa, 
L. Comptonii, L. karasmontanum, 50c each. 
Collection of 4 varieties, my selection, $1. 10 
varieties, $3.00. 
EUPHORBIA 
ACRUENSIS 
Grows into a tree in 
Africa. A handsome eas¬ 
ily grown pot plant. 50c 
and $1.00. 
EUPHORBIA 
COERULESCENS 
A splendid species, blue 
with brown spines! Forms 
a much branched bush. 
75c and $1.00. 
ECHEVERIA ELEGANS 
The Echcverias are mostly confined to Mexico and 
appropriately were named after a Mexican artist who 
painted them. This one has white powdered leaves and 
grows in clusters. In the wilds they often grow on 
sheer canyon walls clinging C\ r 
in crevices. ZaOC 
Gibbaeum. A group of mimicry plants grow¬ 
ing in white quartz soils. Small clusters, each 
head being formed by 2 fat leaves joined to¬ 
gether G. perviride. Gray green with rosy 
flowers, 25c. G. geminum. Soft, fuzzy heads, 
25c. G. album. A rare, slow growing white 
leaved species. 50c. 
* TONGUE LEAF. (Glottiphyllum.) Thick, suc¬ 
culent, tongue-shaped leaves between which 
the big yellow blossoms appear. Fine, 35c. 
EUPHORBIA 
CEREI FORMIS 
An easy to grow Euph¬ 
orbia soon forming nice 
clusters. Young plants are 
produced in profusion. 
Grows from 6 inches to a 
foot in height. 35c. 
EUPHORBIA 
PSU EDOCACTUS 
Beautifully marked with 
pale green. Forms a hand¬ 
some specimen generally 
branching readily from 
the base. Spines brown. 
Grows in compact cluster 
about a foot high. 35c. 
SUCCULENT COLLECTIONS 
BARGAIN GROUP 
COLLECTION No. 170 
Wouldn’t you like to 
start a collection of these 
on the sill of a south 
window this winter? Here 
is a set of really inter¬ 
esting ones at a bargain 
price. 
10 FINE VARIETIES. $ 1 50 
UNLABELED J- 
MIMICRY SUCCULENTS 
COLLECTION No. 171 
Mimicry succulents are among the wonders 
of Nature! Curious plants actually apeing 
the rocks among which they grow so closely 
as to astound one. 
5 FINE VARIETIES. $ 1 25 
MY SELECTION A 
EUPHORBIA COLLECTION 
COLLECTION No. 172 
A-5 EUPHORBIAS. $ 1 50 
My selection. * 
B-10 EUPHORBIAS. 
My selection. 
$250 
EUPHORBIA 
The Euphorbias form one of the largest and 
certainly the most varied genera of plants. To 
this group belongs the Xmas Poinsettia. They 
range from globular, cactus-like species to 
huge tree-like forms resembling our American 
Giant Cacti, giving the endless African plains 
part of their distinctive character. E. enopla. 
Small clusters, 35c. E. grandidens, 35c. E. 
lactea. Beautiful mottling, 30c. E. resinifera. 
Forms fine clumps, 30c. E. caput medusae 
major. Handsome when in bloom, 35c. E. 
mogador, $1.50. E. ingens, $2.00; E. grandi- 
cornis, 75c. Larger, $1 and $1.50. E. poly- 
gona, $1. E. pentagona, 35c. E. inermis, 75c. 
E. Frankiana, 75c. E. echinus, 75c- E. Rein- 
hardtii, $1. E. Nyikae, $1.25. E. Montieri, $1. 
E. stellaespina, $1.50. E. susannae, $2. E. 
abyssinica, $2. E. obesa, $1. E. valida, $1. 
★ SNAKE HEAD EUPHORBIA. This queer 
Euphorbia has a round head from which long 
snake-like arms protrude. Flowers very fra¬ 
grant like Mignonette. Small plants, 35c. 
Fully developed, 75c and $1.00. 
★ CROWN OF THORNS. See page 24 for 
colored illustration. 35c to $1.50. 
★ EUPHORBIA BOJERI. The new winter flow¬ 
ering Crown of Thorns. A beautiful, deep red 
flowered plant. Fine for pots! 75c. 
SUNFLOWER FAMILY 
Many members of this great family have 
sought refuge in the desert where they have 
become completely changed, only their flow¬ 
ers betraying their parentage. Their peculiar 
swollen stems or leaves store water to tide 
them over rainless periods. 
★ KLIENIA. These interesting groundsels are 
related to many common garden plants but 
are so greatly disguised that you would never 
recognize them. The Candle plant. (K. articu- 
lata). Cigar shaped swollen stems. In the 
spring they bear leaves which soon fall away. 
25c. K. repens. A window plant with fat 
turgid leaves. 20c. K. stapeliiformis. A hand¬ 
some species with beautifully mottled silver 
and green stems. Rare. 50c. K. ficoides. A 
creeper with bright blue leaves. 25c. K. 
mandraliscae. Clusters of long blue leaves. 
25c. 
PINEAPPLE FAMILY 
Silver Hechtia. A small rosette of very spiny 
leaves. Very pretty as the plant is silvery 
green. 25c. Orange Dyckia. (D. rariflora). 
Orange blossoms. 25c. Yellow Dyckia. Yellow 
flowers. 25c. Bromelia viride rubra. Small 
rosettes of very spiny leaves tinged with silver 
and red. 25c. Puya chiloensis. Rosettes of 
green spiny leaves. Tall spikes of metallic 
blue flowers. 25c. 
★ ROSARY VINE. (Ceropegia Woodii). A very 
pretty vine-like succulent with the oddest 
flowers like purple parachutes! Pretty green 
and silver leaves. Grows from a bulb! 25c. 
C. debilis. With narrow leaves. 25c. 
IN MY CACTUS HOUSES 
We wish you were here to visit our nur¬ 
series and see these interesting plants grow¬ 
ing in their hundreds of thousands. We would 
like to show you how they are grafted and 
the tiny seedling plants just sprouting to the 
larger specimens in the frames. 
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