San Diego, California 
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A. saponaria variegata. Variegated with yellow stripes. . . .25c. . 
*A. spinosissima. Beautiful bluish green, long toothed, giving 
it a feathery look. Contrasting vivid scarlet blooms. 25c to 50c 
*A. striata. Cape.25c to $1.00 
var. rhodocinta {handburyiana). Large with purple shad¬ 
ings. Many offshoots.15c to 25c 
A. striatula. Cape. Resembling A. ciliaris in form. Yellow 
blooms .25c 
*A. thraski. A drooping, different, large growing Aloe.50c 
*A. variegata. Cape of Good Hope. The most popular and 
unique. Noted for its variety of common names; Parrot, 
Whip-poor-will, Pheasant’s Breast, Tiger Cactus, etc. 
Everyone should have one. A most beautiful pot plant 
.25c to $1.50 
*A. vera. Lovely pastel grey green with satiny smoothness. 
Pure yellow blooms. An aristocrat.15c to 25c 
A. zebrina. {baumi). Tropical Africa. 3 to 4 ft.35c 
Altamiranoa elongata. Curious Mexican plant looking like 
elongated clover heads.25c 
Anacampseros telepbiastrum. S. Afr. Small, succulent plant 
with thick leaves and lilac fls.15c 
A. tomentosa .50c 
BROMELIADS 
Billbergiae bear blossoms of unique beauty with startling com¬ 
binations of color. 
Billbergia nobilis. Large leaves covered with grey bloom. Large 
flower .50c 
B. nutans. Brazil. Blossoms vivid green with purple margins 
rising from a pink sheath.25c 
B. nutans x pallida. Lovely leaves of shining brown with gold 
dots .50c 
Dyckias are like small pineapple plants with tall racemes of 
deep yellow to orange plush flowers. 
Dyckia rariflora .15c to 25c 
D. sulpburea .15c to 25c 
Guzmania lingulata var. cardinalis. Colombia. Like a pine¬ 
apple plant with brownish, green leaves turning a vivid red 
when ready to bloom. It bears a cluster of orchid, waxen 
blossoms on a thick, red stalk. Grows in the open to be 3 
ft. across. "The Heart of Flame".25c to 50c 
Byrnesia weinbergi. Mexico. "Ghost Plant." Pinkish-bluish- 
opalescent. Very beautiful and easily propagated, hence 
cheap.10c to 25c 
COTYLEDON 
C. bar bey i. Powdery gray with red margins.25c 
C. decussata. Red margins and fine shape.25c 
var. gilpini. With occasional mitten shaped leaves.25c 
C. mucronata. Also known as undulata and coronata. Africa. 
The loveliest of all. Thick, opalescent, downy leaves with 
deeply crenulated edges.50c 
C. orbiculata. S. Afr. Similar to bar bey i but coarse and big 
beside it bearing, like all of the Cotyledons, a drooping 
cluster of lovely blooms.15c to 25c 
var. macrantba. Green with red edges. Wonderful red 
blooms at Xmas time. A true Xmas plant.25c 
C. teretifolia. Green downy leaves nearly cylindrical. Bright 
red flowers.25c 
CRASSULA 
Choice of any ten of the following marked by an asterisk (*) 
$1.00 postpaid. 
*C. arborescens. Cape. Requires shade. Dull grey with purple 
margins. Slow propagator. Matte finish.25c 
C. archerii. Very unique; a complex pyramid.50c 
*C. collinberi. Leaves pointed, thick; in rosettes that turn 
beautifully red in the sun and bear a spike of pretty pink 
posies.,.15c to 25c 
C. cooperi. Dainty, small with delicate pink blooms.15c 
*C. cordata. Small leaves; a vine well suited to hanging 
baskets; fairy-like pink blooms. 10c 
C. dregeana. Flowers identical to C. falcata, but crimson 
rather than scarlet. Leaves downy and blue grey.25c 
*C. elata. A good plant for hanging baskets and to plant in 
rocks. Pyramidal growth, but drooping. Fragrant flowers. .15c 
