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SOUTHWESTERN DESERT NURSERY 
gardening as a child’s doll house does to housekeeping. Yet 
they are the source of much pleasure, and even instruction, to 
many to whom a greenhouse is an impossibility. In these little 
cases it is possible to grow a collection of tiny Cacti for years, 
if only the operations of watering, potting, ventilating, and 
other matters are properly attended to. 
WINDOW RECESSES 
Quite large specimens may be grown in windows with a 
south aspect attached to rooms where fires are kept burning 
during cold weather. 
Keep the following in mind when caring for Cactus: 
It does not like damp, chilly winds or damp, soggy soils. 
The warmer the weather the more water they need. 
If possible, when you plant cactus in small pots always 
set pots on ground, or boxes filled with sand. This contacts 
the plants to the earths forces. Do not disturb the pots un¬ 
necessary. 
Our idea in printing this small pamphlet is to share with 
others our little knowledge of these desert plants. We are 
always glad to give information when we can. 
SEED 
We plant seed in fall and spring both, making beds out in 
open, screened from mice, using leaf mold for bed on pure 
sand, mulching and leveling bed, sowing seed by hand. Take 
a hand rake and scratch over the seed, then covering with leaf 
mold one-fourth inch deep. Keep soil moist until seed comes 
up. Fall sowing of seeds does not come up until the following 
spring. When the warm sun heats the soil, they began to 
sprout in temperatures of sixty or seventy degrees. Often 
plenty of seed comes up the second year after planting, while 
at the same time some seed comes up in twelve days. 
FUTURE YEARS 
In future seasons we hope to give the florist and cactus 
lover something new in the form of perfect small specimens at 
a price in reach of everyone who wishes to grow a cactus 
garden. 
DESERT HOLLY 
To our many customers and friends who have written us in 
regard to “Desert Holly” are pleased to say we are experi¬ 
menting on growing this plant and believe we can supply any¬ 
one with plants soon. Write for more information. 
