SPECIALTIES. 
Echinocactus Polyancis- 
trus. An exceedingly rare and 
strikingly beautiful plant, with 
large magenta colored flowers. 
The plant has two sorts of spines 
—numerous round hooked and 
brownish pink, and fewer ivory 
white and not hooked. This 
plant occurs singly at widely 
separated localities, hence it has 
been called the “Hermit cac¬ 
tus.’ ’ So rare is this plant that 
even the Government exploring 
and surveying expeditions brought 
in only about six plants ; but by 
the most diligent and persistent 
search I have secured about one 
to each two million inhabitants of 
the United States. I have the 
honor to be the first collector and 
dealer to place this plant on the 
market. Price $r, $2 and $3. 
California Grizzly Bear 
Cactus. I am also the first col¬ 
lector and dealer to place this re¬ 
markable plant before the pub¬ 
lic, which has been no easy 
matter, growing as it does far 
in the almost inaccessible dry 
desert regions where water and 1 
feed for the teams, as well as all 
camp equipage, has to be trans¬ 
ported over the barren and burn¬ 
ing sands and rocks for days and 
weeks in heavy wagons or on pack 
animals. Often water gives out be 
fore other tanks or springs are 
reached, then intense suffering en¬ 
sues. Once our expedition was 
without water for two days. This 
plant cost me three separate expe¬ 
ditions before I found its hiding 
place. This curious plant is cov¬ 
ered with tawny white hair or flex- 
uous spines, some of which are 
frome three to six inches long, and 
I have some extra fine specimens ; 
with these spines or hairs nine and 
twelve inches long. Plants five to 
eight inches, 50 cents and $ 1 . 
Mam il lari a Phellosper- 
ma. This plant is becoming 
scarce. Flowers pink; bloom in 
fall; fruit bright red; soft white 
radial spines; centrals one to 
six, brown or black and hooked; 
very interesting; should be kept 
quite dry until growth begins; 
then give but little moisture. 
25c., 5oc.; clusters, 5oc. to $1.00. 
Mamillaria Alversonii. 
Named for me by President 
John M. Coulter, of the Fake 
1 Forest University, Illinois, and 
described in a Government Re¬ 
vision of the Cactacea recently 
published. Sixty to eighty short 
stout gray spines tipped with 
black or brown, on each tubercle; 
flowers pink, fruit grayish green, 
and edible; single a?!d in clusters. 
| 25 cents and 75 cents. 
Ech niocereus E ngel- 
manni. I have extra good speci¬ 
mens of this sort. These plants 
I grow mostly in large clusters, but in 
1 collecting I have selected only the 
finest single or double stem plants 
well rooted and bright spined, these 
vary in different plants from brown 
to yellow and white and black and 
white. All good sized, large pur¬ 
ple or magenta flowers. Price 
25c. to 50 cents. 
Opuntia E chinocarpa 
Cristata. Several plants of this 
sort of various sizes, from two to 
ten inches high, flattened and 
twisted into many curious and gro¬ 
tesque shapes; quite densly covered 
with spines about half an inch long. 
It would be difficult to describe all 
accurately, but prices range from 
50 cents to $3.00. 
