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Temple City, Calif. 
during the first hundred years. Perfect seedling plants 
.25 each. Field grown specimens three to four inches 
across $1.00 
Echinocactus ingens 
"Mexican Barrel" 
ECHINOCEREUS. "Hedgehog Cactus” are found in 
great variety throughout our southwestern states and 
Mexico. They usually branch freely forming clusters 
or mounds of erect stems, but some lie upon the ground 
in a trailing manner. The flowers are among the larg¬ 
est and most colorful of our desert cacti ranging 
through yellows, orange, red, pink, magenta and pur¬ 
ple, or often in two color combinations such as yellow 
petals with a red throat. Some of the more difficult 
kinds are offered as grafted specimens. They like a 
coarse gravelly soil with good drainage, full sun and 
a drier rest period when dormant through the winter 
months. They flower best if growth is not forced with 
fertilizers and much water. 
E. amoenus. Small flattened stems seldom branching, 
flowers magenta, grafted .75 
E. armatus. Mexican species similar to E. pectinatus .25 
E. baileyi. Oklahoma species with long fine spines in 
many varieties and spine colors. Three inch cluster 
$1.50 
E. blanckii. *33. Slender trailing stems, flowers purple 
.35 
E. bonkerae. Arizona species with large purplish 
flowers .50 
E. brandegeei. Slender stemmed, heavily spined from 
Lower California, Mexico .75 
E. chloranthus. *30. Flowers small greenish .50 
E. cinerascens. Ash colored spines, flowers purple .30 
E. conglomeratus .50 
E. dasyacanthus *31. Usually single stemmed. Flowers 
very large, yellow. Flowering size plants $1.00 
E. davisii. Probably the smallest of all Echinocereus. 
Grafted plants bear the small greenish amber, fragrant 
flowers very freely. Good grafts .75 
E. de laetii. Covered with long white bristly spines it 
resembles on "Old Man Cactus.” Grafted plants $1.00 
E. ehrenbergii. Bright green stems, slender white 
spines .50 
E. engelmannii. This native Californian has the most 
colorful spines of this group, being found in many 
variations such as white, cream, brown, reddish and 
black spine colors and combinations of usually two 
colors. Grows well and bears early in the spring its 
huge magenta or purplish flowers. Small single stem¬ 
med plants .25, larger branched ones .50, flowering 
size .75 
E. fendleri. Sturdy grower, flowers deep purple .35 
E. grand is var. hermosilii. A very rare species recent¬ 
ly discovered on a desert island in the Gulf of Cali¬ 
fornia. Only a few grafted specimens available at 
$1.75 
E. knippelianus . *35. Unusual with its blackish green 
nearly spineless stems, flowers pink .50 each, grafted 
specimens $1.00 
E. melanocentrus. Large pink flowers .35 
E. mojavensis. Small seedling clusters $1.00 
E. octacanthus . Small plants .25 
E. pacificus. A rare one found only in one canyon in 
Lower California, flowers red .50, branched plants .75 
E. pectinatus. The "Lace Cactus” so called because of 
the fine net work of pectinate spines covering the plant 
body. Easily handled, flowers large, ruffled pink .75 
E. pectinatus var. castanea. From the province of San 
Luis Potosi, Mexico .50, larger .75 
E. pensilis. An unusual one with long pendant branches 
which may be grown in the hanging basket. Bright 
red flowers. Well rooted cuttings .75 each. 
E. pentalophus. *32. Slender procumbent species, 
flower purple .75 
E. poselgerianus. Similar to above. Grafted .75 
E. pulchellus. *36. Resembling E. amoena but with 
shorter spines. Showy pink flowers. Grafted .75 
E. rigidissimus. *34. The well known Arizona "Rain¬ 
bow Cactus” are very beautiful when collected, but 
unfortunately do not last long in cultivation. We offer 
grafted plants which, however, will thrive at .75 each. 
E. salm-dyckianus. Rich orange colored flowers which 
Echinocereus viridiflorus 
