MAMMILLAKIA CANDIDA—htw. Lace Cactus. Elongated 
knobby globes, covered with a filmy mantle of interlaced 
white spines. Pink blossoms. Dainty. Pkt. 25c. 
MAMMILLAKIA HAITIAN SP.—Unidentified midget with 
silvery spines, yellow flowers, red fruits. Pkt. 15c. 
MAMMILLAKIA LONGIMAMMA—htw. Many elongated 
green knobs, each ending in a tuft of spines. Handsome 
citron-yellow flowers. 10 seeds for 25c. 
MAMMILLAKIA UNCINATA—htw. A particularly easy 
Cactus. Spiny blue-green globes, with profuse, feathery 
blossoms of rosy purple. Pkt. 20c. 
MAMMILLAKIA VIVIPAKA—rh(3). Fully winter hardy 
Cactus for the rock garden. Makes spiny, knobby cushions 
that group to form great mounds. Blossoms of vivid, radiant 
rose in mid-summer. 10 seeds for 15c: 50 for 60c. # 
MELOCACTUS MIXED—The odd Turk’s Head or Turban 
Cactus. Big ridged globes, bearing at the center summit a 
cylindrical crown that may itself be four inches to a foot 
high, this built of densely p.acked cotton-wool on a frame¬ 
work of long red spines. Succulent flowers, red or rose. 
This is a mixture of many species from Curacao, Haiti, 
Turk’s Island and the like. Pkt. 20c. 
NEOBESSEYA MISSOUKIENSIS—rh. Winter-hardy cushion 
Cactus. Buff amber blossoms, glowing red fruits. Rare. 
Pkt. 20c. # 
OPUNTIA AKENAKIA—htw8. A dwarf Cactus with spine- 
tufts of brown wool. Blossoms rich red. Pkt. 15c. 
OPUNTIA ATKOVIKIDIS—Newly discovered in the high 
Andes. Emerald green globe-like pads, studded with golden 
spines. Ought to be fully hardy. Pkt. 25c. 
OPUNTIA BASILAKIS—Beavertail Cactus. Thick pads, 
branching from a common base, not one from another. 
Spineless, though dotted with hair-tufts, the pads being gray- 
green with purple shadings. Brilliant rose-magenta blos¬ 
soms. Pkt. 20c. 
OPUNTIA COMPKESSA—The corrected name for the ma¬ 
terial that was formerly known as Opuntia opuntia. This 
species is of fullest winter-hardiness, wintering without pro¬ 
tection in Quebec. Attractive tangles of glossy green branch¬ 
ing pads, almost spineless. Big flowers of a particularly 
bright lemon yellow. A row of this Cactus at our Old 
Orchard Seed Gardens is a wide band of burnished lemon- 
gold for many weeks, accented here and there by the warm 
winecup crimson of Callirhoe, strayed over from a planting 
nearby. The buds remind one of roses about to open. Pkt. 
10c; % oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. # 
OPUNTIA FLOCCOSA — rh(htw) (3)16. From the high 
Andes, so likely winter-hardy. Grows in low mounds, some¬ 
times six feet across. The many erect branches are com¬ 
pletely hidden in the great mass of long waving hairs, the 
whole simulating some strange resting animal. As rare as it 
is odd. Yellow flowers. 6 seeds for 20c. 
OPUNTIA IMBKICATA—brfh50. Devil’s Rope. Oddly rope¬ 
like spiny stems in branching tree form. The stems are 
sometimes made into canes. Flowers of brilliant purple. 
This is the tallest of the relatively hardy species. Safe out¬ 
side to about 20 degrees below freezing; in sheltered posi¬ 
tions will stand more. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
OPUNTIA LEPTOCAULIS^—htw25. Round-stemmed, densely 
bushy and spiny, with scarcely noticeable flowers, it is so 
prolific of glossy berries that for many months the whole 
plant shows as a solid mass of carmine. Pkt.' 15c. 
OPUNTIA HAITIAN SP.—Unidentified. Enormous pads pile 
to tree-like form. Flowers open yellow, becoming bronze- 
red. Sour green fruits. Pkt. 20c. 
OPUNTIA MACRORRHIZA—Branching pads, wide and thick. 
Big flowers, creamy yellow with big spreading stain of red 
copper. Very good. Hardy. Pkt. 15c. # 
OPUNTIA MICRODASYS—htw25. A particularly satis¬ 
factory Cactus for house culture, growing rapidly from 
seed. It branches pad on pad, pale green and fan-like, but 
dotted with close cushions of tiny orange bristles. The 
flowers, yellow, shading to orange, are followed by scarlet 
fruits. Pkt. of 15 seeds- for 20c; 50 seeds for 65c. 
OPUNTIA REPENS—Opuntia compressa flattened to creep¬ 
ing habit. Same hardiness and bloom. Pkt. 16c. # 
OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA—erbh(3)20. Branching blu^ 
green pads set with silver spines. Pale lemon flowers, red- 
shaded. Very good. Stands 40 degrees below zero. 10 seeds 
for 15c: 60 seeds for 50c. 
PHYLLOCACTUS HYBRIDS—htw. The freest blooming 
Cactus strain. Magnificent flowers in cream, pink, orange, 
scarlet, crimson, lavender and purple. Oddly compressed, 
flanged and margined plant stems. Pkt. 10 seeds, 25c. 
SELENICEREUS SP.—A night-bloomer, with huge, richly 
scented flowers that may be 14 inches long by 10 across. 
White. Will likely prove to be a new species. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 33A8—One pkt. each of the 41 Cactus listings, for 
$6.75. > 
OFFER 34A8—Representative collection for indoor or pro¬ 
tected culture. One pkt. each of Carnegia gigantea, Cepha- 
locereus senilis, Cereus grandiflorus, Echinocereus Reichen- 
bachi, Cereus Dumortieri, Mammillaria longimamma, Melo- 
cactus, Opuntia basilaris and Opuntia microdasys, for $1.75. 
OFFER 35A8—^Representative collection of kinds fully, or 
nearly, winter-hardy in northern states. One pkt. each of 
Opuntia floccosa, Opuntia imbricata, Echinocactus polyan- 
cistrus, Echinocereus rigidissimus, Opuntia compressa, Opun¬ 
tia polycantha, and Mammillaria vivipara, for $1.00. 
CACTUS HARDY BLEND—rbh. Many Cacti are thoroughly 
winter-hardj', even into Canada, and they are most beau¬ 
tiful in flower and fruit, as well as interesting in form. 
Fine blend. 15 seeds for i5c; 60 for 40c; 100 for 75c: 1000 
for $6.00. 
CACTUS ORNAMENTAL BLEND—htw. For pot culture. 
Weird and curious stem formations, with richly hued and 
varied feathery flowers, followed by “jewel” fruits. Won¬ 
derfully diverse blend. 35 seeds for 25c ; 100 for 60c; 1000 
for $4.50. 
Plant platitudes can fit only into trite and Well-worn 
patterns. The distinctive garden must needs be built 
of materials more responsive and expressive. 
CALAMINTHA ALPINA—erx(2)8. A spreading quick shrub- 
let, giving sheets of splendid violet bloom with quite ordi¬ 
nary care. Aromatic. Pkt. 20c. 
CALAMINTHA NEPETA—erx(2-4)16. Spikes of little lav¬ 
ender flowers for months. Not showy, but graceful and 
pleasing in effect. Pkt. 15c. # 
*CALANDRINIA CAULESCENS—eonx(l-2)6. Flowers sun- 
brilliant ; rose purple velvet. Naturalizes in dry open places. 
Indians ate the leaves. Pkt. 10c. 
*CALANDRINIA GRANDIFLORA—eodx(3-4)28. Two-inch 
flowers of rich and vivid rose, carried on many high stems. 
Succulent foliage. An annual that is showy, easy, different. 
Full sun. Pkt. 10c. # 
CALANDRiNIA UMBELLATA — erdx(2-4)6. Clustered 
blossoms of dazzling satin-crimson. Glowing color for months 
here, and being enduringly perennial, repeated summer after 
summer. Low dense foliage. Pkt. 15c. # 
CALCEOLARIA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—htw. A splendid 
pot plant, or may be plunged outside in summer. Giant 
slipper or purse-shaped flowers in a continuity and freedom 
of blooming almost beyond belief. Colors vary from lemon, 
through gold and brown, to copper and crimson, often 
splashed or tigred contrastingly. There is, we believe no 
larger-flowered, or more variably and brilliantly colored. 
Calceolaria strain than this. Pkt. 25c. 
♦CALCEOLARIA SCABIOSAEFOLIA — eok(3-4)16. Gold- 
pocket. An easy and cheerful annual Lady-slipper, mantled 
all summer with a Midas-wealth of glossy golden blossoms. 
Really a very pretty flower. Pkt. 15c. 
♦CALENDULA STELLATA—^cx(2-3)18. A charming wild- 
flower Calendula from Algeria. Pretty daisy-blossoms all 
summer, cream, primrose, lemon, butter-yellow, apricot, 
bright orange, burnt orange, and an orange that is close to 
scarlet. Often banded or petal-tipped in a varying color 
tone. Pkt. 10c. # 
CALLICARPA GIRALDI—qk(3)45. Pretty pink flowers in 
dense cymes, followed by berries of deep violet. Will be a 
shrub south, but north behaves more or less as an herbaceous 
perennial, root-hardy, and blooming on new annual wood. 
Pkt. 15c. 
CALYCANTHIIS FLORIDUS qkfl) 8 ft. Sweet Shrub. 
Fragrant chocolate-shaded flowers. Vs oz. I5c; ’4 oz. 25c. 
