the mamillarias 
OR DUMPLING CACTI ARE AMONG 
THE GEMS OF THE PLANT WORLD 
A MONG the gems of the plant world are these Dumpling Cacti. They 
are all small plants the size of one's first and easy to grow in any 
sunny window. The spines are quite harmless (in one group turned 
to feathery wool) and formed in exquisite, delicate patterns. The plants 
are brightly colored golden yellow, red or often snowy white. You will 
enjoy the flowers, dainty cream, pink or ruby red and arranged in a ring 
about the crown of the plant—later followed by a chaplet of brilliant 
scarlet berries. They grow on desert hills and mesas from Canada to 
Mexico, hiding in the scant grass, clustered beneath the bushes or snug 
gling with clinging roots among the rocks. Do not fail to include them 
among your selections for you will find them perennially interesting. 
MAMILLARIA PARKINSONII 
A white spined species from Mexico with charm¬ 
ing dark pink blossoms followed by a chaplet of 
scarlet fruits. Notice how the nipples are ar¬ 
ranged in spiral rows. 30c. 
A HAPPY FANCIER 
Mrs. E. Overgaard of Minnesota has had great 
success with her Cacti. The plant she is holding so 
carefully is a Hedge Hog Cactus (E. hybrida) which 
has beautiful large blossoms that are delightfully 
fragrant. Mrs. Overgaard says it grows all the time 
and flowers all summer long. Fine plants of the 
Hybrid Hedge Hog 25c. Large blooming size plants 
that have flowered the past 3 years shipped during 
the flowering season with buds. $2 each. 
125 VARIETIES 
This fine collection of Miss Nina Wehrheim of 
Illinois. Miss Wehrheim writes that during the sum¬ 
mer she keens them on the back porch, bringing 
them indoors in the winter. Some of her olants are 
very rare. 
AN AMATEUR’S CACTUS GARDEN 
The Cactus collection of Carl L. Raddatz, Minn. 
Such an interesting group brings Mr. Raddatz 
many hours of pleasure. 
Plant Them Any Time 
POWDER PUFF (Mamillaria bocasana). 
A powder puff in fact with silky white hair, 
yellow blossoms and exquisite carmine-red 
fruits. Easy and quick grower. 25c. 
Ruby Dumpling Cactus. An especially 
free blooming variety. In summer and fall 
its brilliant red flowers are always to be 
seen. Quick, easy grower. 25c. 
Thimble Cactus. Produces quantities oi 
babies each of which will make a plant! 
A very pretty white variety. Grows readily. 
25c. 
Rainbow Dumpling. Everyone admires 
this one with its many-colored spines and 
brilliant red blossoms. Grows quickly. 25c. 
Birds Nest Cactus. Most interesting! 
Straw-yellow twisted spines, creamy flow¬ 
ers and soon forms a nice cluster of babies 
about the mother. 35c. 
GOLDEN STARS. Let me recommend this 
one as something every gardener will 
like. Small plants with harmless spines of 
brightest yellow. Pretty cream blossoms. 
Make pretty dwarf specimens with many 
branches! 25c. A collection of 4 distinct 
varieties of these for 50c. 
CORAL CACTUS 
A very easy to grow Dumpling Cactus which for 
months is brilliant with red berries. Blooms very freely. 
Large flowering size plants as above. 50c. 
A LADY FROM PUERTO RICO 
Senor Riera says his little girl is not included 
in his Cactus collection. Some of our olants in 
the Riera collection at San loan. Puerto Rico. 
Silver Dumpling Cactus. Illustrated in 
color bottom of page 22. Blooms when quite 
small with red flowers in early spring. Fine. 
30c. 
FIVE POWDER PUFF MAMILLARIAS 
One of each of Powder Puff, M. longi- 
comma, M. Kunzeana, M. Schelhasei and 
Ruby Dumpling Cactus. All of these except 
the last have white hair. A pretty group, 
easy to grow. SI. 
GLORY OF TEXAS 
(Thelocactus bicolor) 
Two-inch wide pink blossoms. Flowers 
freely and grows easily. The plants are the 
size and shape of an orange and those I am 
offering are fully grown blooming size 
plants. One can not imagine a more beau¬ 
tiful flower. 50c each. 
Mamillaria Collections 
COLLECTION No. 15G 
Ten fine varieties includ¬ 
ing the fleecy white M. 
bocasana; 9 other $Q 
noteworthy kinds. 
COLLECTION No. 157 
25 varieties inch many of 
the best as Lamb's Wool, Silver Dum¬ 
pling, Fish Hook. A real 
fanciers' group. 
COLLECTION No. 158 
10 varieties noted for the beauty 
of their spine patterns. 
COLLECTION No. 159 
10 varieties noted for their beau¬ 
tiful flowers and fruits. 
54 
s 2 
$ 2 
STAR CACTUS 
STONE FACE 
HARTS TONGUE 
AIR PLANT 
MAMILLARIA 
The three center plants come from Africa. The Stone Face is found in the barren parts of the Karoo where it mimics 
the pebbles among which it is found so closely as to be invisible. The Air Plant produces babies on the tips of every 
leaf. An interesting and curious collection. 
$ 
1 
25 
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Collection 
No. 161 
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My 1937 Colored Cactus Catalog Sent Free With Orders 
