NEW CACTUS BOOKS and 
PERIODICALS 
HART'S TONGUE 
One of the best succulents. 
Plant it in an ornamental 
pot. 25c. 
Y OU are missing half of the pleasure of growing 
these interesting plants if you do not have some 
book of reference to turn to when you are perusing 
a catalog or when you want to know further about 
the plants you already have. There is a great American 
Cactus and Succulent Society with hundreds of members 
while in Europe every country has a National Cactus 
Society. The monthly magazines published about these 
desert dwellers are full of interesting data. Many of 
the books are well illustrated, some having beautiful 
colored plates. All are of interest to the cactus fan. 
HEDGE HOG CACTUS 
It blooms anywhere. Pink 
blossoms the size of Easter 
Lilies. 25c. 
Cactus in the Home. Have you questions to ask about 
your cactus and succulents? Soils, sunlight, how to 
make them bloom, when to water? This 50-page booklet 
answers all your questions sensibly and fully. I fully 
recommend it. 50c. 
The Desert Magazine. Every Cactus and Succulent 
fancier and nature lover must have this splendid month¬ 
ly magazine. Interesting, helpful articles about the cul¬ 
ture of your plants. Articles on the birds and animals 
inhabiting the deserts. Sidelights on the deserts of 
Africa, Australia, South America, the Canary Islands, etc. 
Would you like to know the latest things about your 
Cacti with illustrations of rare and 
curious kinds? Once a month this 
journal will come to you crammed 
full of helpful articles and photo¬ 
graphs. $1.50. 
The Stapelieae. By Alain White 
and Boyd L. Sloane. This book has 
been a work of love, as you will 
see when you receive it. Hand¬ 
somely illustrated with scores of 
beautiful photographs, it deals in 
detail with this extremely interest¬ 
ing group of desert plants. Among 
them are found some of the largest 
and certainly most curious flowers 
known. Every fancier will need this 
splendid book for reference, for it 
is simply written but scientifically 
ascurate, giving cultural details be¬ 
sides a digest of the scattered liter¬ 
ature of other writers. $3. 
Cactus Culture. By Ellen D. 
Schultz. A well illustrated book of 
157 pages. Fine chapters on Indoor 
Cactus Gardens, Building the Out¬ 
door Cactus Garden, Grafting, How 
to Recognize a Cactus, etc. You 
will enjoy having it to turn to. $2.00. 
Cactus Soil Conditioner. See Cac¬ 
tus catalog for cactus soil condi¬ 
tioner. Instructions sent with each 
order. 
articles for the beginner and articles taxing up the latest 
scientific details. It is the official publication of the Cac¬ 
tus and Succulent Society of America. Join the hundreds 
of your fellow fanciers who use this for their meeting 
ground. $3 includes membership and a year's subscrip¬ 
tion. 
Cactus. By A. J. Van Laren. The most gorgeously 
illustrated book on plants it has been my good fortune 
to seel There are 133—count them—colored plates of 
succulents. £.ach plate is a faithful record of me plant 
in brilliant clear colorsl The text is a mine of informa¬ 
tion written so simply that everyone can understand it, 
yet scientifically accurate. I recom¬ 
mend this also as a book worth 
twice the price. $5.20. 
The Culture of Cacti. By Harry 
Johnson. This helpful illustrated 
pamphlet contains the condensed 
knowledge necessary to success 
with these most interesting plants. 
Remember it is sent free with every 
order shipped you by the Johnson 
Cactus Gardens. 
The Cactus Book. By Dr. A. Dj 
H oughton. An interesting book that 
every fancier will enjoy with chap¬ 
ters on Window Sill Gardens, Cac¬ 
tus Rockeries, Propagating, Graft¬ 
ing, etc. Introduces you to 1000 
kinds. $2.25. 
Our Native Cacti. By E. B. Hig¬ 
gins. Many splendid illustrations 
of cacti, some in color. An interest¬ 
ing, chatty book telling a thousand 
useful things about our desert 
friends. The photographs tell a 
story in themselves. $2.65. 
The Bulletin of Cactus Research. 
A monthly iournal splendidly illus¬ 
trated of the beautiful new cacti 
that are being found principally in 
South America. It contains infor¬ 
mation of the greatest interest both 
for the amateur and for the scien¬ 
tist. Many new species are here 
published for the first time with 
These Starfish Flowers are most striking accurate descriptions and clear 
with their large, fleshy, purple flowers, photographs showing the plants in 
i. bloom. Notes on the c 
HAIRY STARFISH FLOWER 
heavily fringed with violet hairs. They bloom. Notes on the conditions un¬ 
grow and flower freely in quite small pots, der which they grow and synopses 
Cactus and Succulent Journal. No Some have flowers 14 inches across, of cactus regions are also given, 
one interested in cacti can afford to Amongst the largest flowers known. At- No fancier can afford to be without 
be without this monthly magazine, tract attention wherever shown. 35c. Three it. A German magazine printed in 
A chatty journal profusely illus- large flowered kinds. $1. English, French, German and Dutch, 
trated, dealing with the culture and I will accept subscriptions at $1.75 
care of Desert Plants. There are per year. 
IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE 
INTERESTED IN CACTI AND SUCCULENTS 
WE WOULD APPRECIATE THEIR NAMES SO THAT WE MAY SEND THEM OUR CATALOG 
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