San Diego, California 
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EUPHORBIA 
Euphorbias are to the African what the Cacti are to the American 
Desert. 
E. abyss inica. Three in. cuts.$1.00 
E. alcicornis. Flat deeply cut green stems. Grows very, very 
tall.25c to $1.00 
E. antiquorum .50c up 
E. aphylla (candella ). Native of Texas. Low reeds with 
pink flowers.25c to 35c 
E. bubalina. 8 to 12 ins.50c to $1.00 
E. canariensis. Canary Islands. Four angled; bronze green. 
Grows large. 4 in. to 4 ft.25c to $4.00 
E. antiquorum .50c up 
E. caput-medusae major. Similar to the following but much 
larger. Beautiful heads of flowers.25c to 50c 
E. caput-medusae minor. One of the most interesting pot 
plants. Many snaky stems from a round central head. .25c to $1. 
var. com?nelini. Cape region.50c to $1.00 
var. procumbens .50c to 75c 
var. viperina .50c to $1.00 
*£. cerieformis. Cape region. Many ribbed.15c to 50c 
E. clava. South Africa. Branching main stem covered with 
hexagonal tubercles and bearing a rosette of leaves at top. ,35c 
E. coerulescens. S. Africa. 4 to 6-angled bordered with tooth¬ 
like spines. Two to three inches thick.50c to $3.00 
E. enopla. Similar to heptagona but has more spines. Branch 
ing. Grows to 1 ft. high. Africa.25c to 50c 
E. frickiana. One of the smallest Euphorbias. A unique little 
plant .75c 
E. globosa. Peculiar pendant growth.35c up 
E. grandicornis. S. Afr. Probably the most striking of all the 
tall growing Euphorbiae. Looks more like a Cactus than 
many of the Cacti.50c to $5.00 
*£. grandidens. S. Africa. Slender, with many marginal spines 
on a deeply dentate margin. Makes a shrub of great inter¬ 
est .2 5c to $5.00 
Euphorbia grandicornis (left). E. mammillaris (right). 
*£. heptagona. Cape of Good Hope. Very pretty, branched, 
pot plant. Single stems.35c 
£. hermentiana. Used by natives of W. Africa as totem poles, 
for building hedges and poisoning arrows. Marbled, 
angled, branched.$1.00 up 
£. lactea. East Indies. Three angles with marbled, white 
markings .25c up 
E.ledienii .35c 
*£. mammillaris. Cape region. Called the "Corn Cob,” which 
it resembles.15c to 25c 
£. meloformis. Cape region. Dark green, globular with de¬ 
pressed centers. One of the three globular forms. D /2 
in. to 3 in.50c to $1.00 
