KNICKERBOCKER NURSERY 
AND 
CACTUS GARDEN 
NEFF K. BARKERS, Proprietor 
6065 Bach Avenue (Market St. Extension) 
P. O. Route 3, San Diego, California 
1939 CATALOGUE 
Prices subject to change for the following reasons: 
Small ones becoming large increase in price. 
Those of ready propagation becoming numerous 
decrease in price. 
ADROMISCHUS 
Adromischus clavifolius ( vanderheydeni ). Afr. Forms dense 
clusters of thick, olive green, distinctly spotted leaves. 
S. Afr.15c to 25c 
A. cooperi. S. Afr. Thick, spotted, brown leaves like plover’s • 
eggs .25c 
A. cristatus. S. Afr. Green, downy, crenulate leaves in a pleas¬ 
ing rosette...25c 
A. maculatus. A real gem for a pot plant. Purple mottled on a 
green ground, not common. Small plant.50c 
AGAVE 
The century plant 
Suitable for hillsides and large plantings along with Aloes. 
A few varieties are small and lovely for urns and smaller pots. 
A. americana. Mexico. Blue gray. Marked like moire silk. In 
maturity leaves are 6 to 8 ft. long.10c to 2 5c 
var. marginata. Bordered with yellow.25c 
var. medio picta. Central yellow band.25c 
var. variegata. Variously lined.25c 
A. attenuates. Mexico. Soft green rosettes, unarmed, one of 
the best.*..25c, 50c, $1.00 
A. decipiens. Yucatan. Beautiful stately dark green; curved 
stiff leaves. Suckers should be kept off, 6 to 8 feet tall 
mature. Stays small in pots.10c to 25c 
A. deserts. Gray-blue with nice markings.15c to 35c 
A. ferdindndi-regis. Mexico. Very rare. One of the small beau¬ 
tiful varieties similar to victoriae-reginae but differing in 
fewer leaves and more open rosettes and a triple instead of 
a single terminal spine.$1.00 
A. ferox. Mexico. One of the loveliest with waxy concave 
outcurved dark green leaves. 12 to 48 in long. . . .25c to $1.00 
A. filifera. Mexico. With white hairs or threads and very 
slender leaves .25c 
A. loploantha. 
var. unvittata. Mexico. With a pale central band. Unusual 
looking and never gets large.50c 
A. roezliana. 
var. gilbeyi (A. horrida var. gilbeyi). A very beautiful 
Agave. Slow'growing and not very large. Good size.50c 
A. shawi. San Diego and Lower Calif. Handsome; dark green, 
red teeth.•.50c to $2.00 
A. victoriae-reginae. A perfect plant like a piece of carving 
Globose; incurved, heavy leaves 8 in. long when mature. 
Marbled with white.25c to $1.00 
ALOE 
Choice of one each of any 5 marked with asterisk (*) for $1.00 
postpaid. If you care to pay the postage larger plants will be sent 
in all collection offers. 
Foreword: For canyon hillsides and larger plantings, nothing can 
exceed the larger Agaves and Aloes. Aloes are a blaze of color when 
in bloom. There are Agaves and Aloes to suit every taste and every 
requirement. Sizes range in both classes from a tea-cup 'to a garage. 
Colors of blossoms range from pale yellow or green to orange and 
brilliant scarlet. 
*A. arborescens. The Torch or the Red Hot Poker. Forms 
clumps of enormous size with long spikes of brilliant 
blooms of orange scarlet.15c 
