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Knickerbocker Nursery 
Opuntia vaseyi showing typical Opuntia flower 
O. basHaris. Calif. The Beaver Tail. A lovely plant varying 
in color from grey green to soft purple. Matte finish. Mag- 
genta bloomer.15c to $1.00 
O. boldinghi. Curacao to N. S. Amer. Few short, brown 
spines. FIs. rose. 
O. bondata. Smooth, blue, thick pads. Spineless. 
O. brasiliensis. Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia. A 
very fine, thin leaved, green Opuntia with a central trunk. 
Its form and its waxen-yellow fls. make it a desirable pot 
plant. 
O. canacapa .. ... 
O. decumbens. Mex. to Guatemala. Prostrate. Dark spot at 
each areole . 
O. delicata. Ariz. Glaucous; spines brown; fls. yellow.. 
O. dilleni. S. Carolina to Cuba. Yellow spines and fls. 
O. elata-obovata. Paraguay. A lovely dark green, smooth sur¬ 
faced plant with a few long spines. Flower of an apricot 
shade. Unusual . 
O. engelmanni. Ariz. to Durango. Almost round leaves very 
thick with stiff, flat, hard, white spines. Fls. yellow. 
Opuntia basilar is 
