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SOUTHWESTERN DESERT NURSERY 
SPECIAL! 
20 mixed small 
named cacti, $ 1.00 
postpaid. 
Have a limited 
amount of 1-oz. to 
1-pound mixture of 
10 to 15 varieties 
cacti Botanical 
named. 100, $3.00 
f. o. b. 
Cucurbita (Desert Gourd) 
Parantal roots, grows 6 feet deep, 6 inches thru, roots also 
make a soap, but is so ill-scented we do not use. Vines make 
an enormous growth (rank growth) during spring, summer, 
winter kills but come out from roots each spring. Plant in 
high well drained soil. Sample package seed 25c postpaid. 
Coryphantha Muehlenp- 
fordtii. (Formerly Called 
Scheerii.) 
Very scarce. Flora of New 
Mexico. U. S. publication 
says this is one of the 
Southwest’s most interest¬ 
ing cactus for indoor pot 
culture. Consecutive blos¬ 
soms Summer and Fall, 
grows in old settled loose 
sands in bare places, ex¬ 
tra plump, green and very 
attractive. About next 
season can wholesale a 
few of these as we are 
planting 15,000 seed. 4-oz. 
blooming size, $1.00 post¬ 
paid. 
Coryphantha Muehlenpfordtii 
Two-Year Seedling 
