ROMANTIC CACTI 
A whole world of fascinating se¬ 
crets will open to you through the 
doors of your Cactus Hobby. Strange 
to our eyes, yet beautiful in their 
perfection of flower and spine are 
the curious plants living in the fear¬ 
ful waterless depths of our deserts. 
Where mad heat devils dance on the scorching 
rocks and the mirage beckons the thirst strick¬ 
en traveler to destruction they grow in placid 
profusion. Slowly their colonies reclaim sun 
tortured plain and craggy height. 
The Cactus Family is a large one, with over 
2,000 kinds found from the Arctic Circle south 
to far Patagonia. Growing under such varied 
conditions from the chill snowy wastes of the 
North to the steaming jungles of the Amazon, 
from the wind driven spray of the seacoast to 
the tops of lofty Andean mountains, it is no 
wonder they exist in an infinite variety of forms. 
They may range in size from tiny button-like 
Mamillarias to huge Cereus, 60 feet tall, and 
weighing many tonsl 
Yet in your home, growing in window box or 
on tables or shelves built for the purpose, they 
will be quite content thriving long after more 
delicate plants have become but memories. Few 
plants will live at all in the house during win¬ 
ter when the furnace or radiator are going, 
but in Cacti you have a whole family perfectly 
at home under just such conditions. No radia¬ 
tor could be as hot or as dry as the red ball 
of the desert sun glowing overhead when the 
thermometer climbs crazily to 125 degrees. 
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RED ORCHID 
CACTUS 
Many of my custom¬ 
ers have written to me 
to say we have never 
described this gorgeous 
blossom with full jus¬ 
tice. The flowers are 
exquisite, shining as 
though with frost, while 
from the throat cas¬ 
cades a snowy mass of 
threadlike stamens. It 
is truly easy to grow, 
liking quite a bit of 
water and some shade 
in summer, for it grows 
in the shelter of trees 
in Mexico. It is not par¬ 
ticular and some of the 
finest specimens I have 
seen were growing in 
old kettles on front 
porches. There is hard¬ 
ly a month in the year 
I have not seen flowers 
on them. 25c each. 
Heavier plants, 35c. 
Jamison actus 
GARDEnS 
HYNES Los Angeles County CALIFORNIA 
BOXING GLOVE CACTUS 
(Opuntia mamillata cristata) 
Crested Cacti are what all collectors seek most. 
This is a beautiful, completely crested variety that 
every collector should have. Forms a short trunk 
and then begins to crest. A9 the trunk expands 
you will see how it secured its name. My plants 
are ready to expand when you reecive them. New 
low price, 35c. 
CACTI IN MINNESOTA 
Mrs. E. Overgaard has had great success with her 
Cacti where they thrive near the window in her living 
room with no especial care. The plant she is holding 
so carefully Is an Easter Lily Cactus which bears beau¬ 
tiful, large Easter Lily-Uke blossoms that are delight¬ 
fully fragrant. Mrs. Overgaard says it grows all the 
time and flowers all summer long. Nice plants of 
the Easter Lily Cactus are 25c. 
Specimen plants that have bloomed for 3 years or 
more shipped during flowering season with buds. $1 
each. 
Golden 
Easter Lily 
Cactus 
A beautiful golden 
flowered cactus bloom¬ 
ing profusely in late 
spring and summer. 
Nice Plants .50c 
Large Specimens $1.00 
Smaller vigorous 
plants.35c 
CACTI MAY BE PLANTED ANY TIME OF THE YEAR 
