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CACTI, EUPHORBIAS, AND SUCCULENTS, Continued 
SELENICEREUS [16]. Night Blooming Cereus. 
Hardy. The plants of this group are very good 
bloomers. Require quite a bit of water during 
the summer time. 
S. Macdonaldiae. Stems round when old, half inch 
in diameter. 
S. grandiflorus. Widely planted in tropical America. 
Stems to one inch in diameter. Flowers salmon 
and white. 
S. Donkelaari. Flowers reddish outside, white inside. 
S. triangularis. Three-angled stems, flowers white. 
TRICHOCEREUS [17] Spachianus. Hardy. Hardly 
equalled as a blooming plant. Clusters of white 
flowers, 6 inches across. Is very easy to grow. 
EUPHORBIAS [18]. Spurge. Sub-tropical. A gro¬ 
tesque family of plants, resembling the cacti 
very closely. 
E. cereiformis. A splendid variety of this family. 
E. grandidens. Tree-like. Variegated white. 
E. lactea. A rapid growing type, of candelabra 
form. Ornamental for rock gardens. Fine for 
hedges. 
E. obesa. A practically perfect bell. 
E. pendula. Low growing, snake-like. 
E. splendens. Crown of Thorns. Madagascar. Sub¬ 
tropical. A low growing spiny plant with a few 
light green leaves on the growth which pro¬ 
duces small clusters of scarlet flowers almost con¬ 
tinuously throughout the year. Very useful for 
rock gardens or for vases, and may be trained 
in ornamental forms. 
E. species. We are able to supply almost any va¬ 
riety in this group. Quotations on request. 
E. Tirucallii. Milk-Bush. A small tree with slen¬ 
der branches which curve outward then up. A 
very good plant for the succulent collection. 
MAMILLARIA [19]. Dumpling Cactus. A large 
group of most fascinating cacti, all small, about 
the size of one’s flst, and easy to grow in any 
sunny spot. 
M. B ocasana. Lamb’s Wool. A wooly little white 
plant which grows rapidly. Silky spines, one red 
one on each nipple. Grafted plants only. 
M. capensis. Fish Hook Cactus. Very small-grow¬ 
ing variety with lovely pink blooms. Grafted 
plants only. 
M. elongata Var. stella aurata. Golden Stars. The 
nipples of this tiny specimen are crowned with 
star-shaped clusters of bright yellow spines, 
shaded red. Flowers are yellow, followed by a 
circle of red berries. Grafted plants only. 
M. Parkinsonii. Another small-growing plant cov¬ 
ered with white spines. Has bright red flowers 
followed by scarlet berries. Grafted plants. 
M. Schiediana. An attractive novelty. Dark green 
nipples tipped with star shaped cluster of yellow 
spines. Blooms when quite young. Grafted plants. 
M. species. Will quote on any variety upon request. 
Grafted plants will insure very vigorous growth, 
but any of the above varieties can be supplied as 
young own-root grown plants. 
OPUNTIA [20]. Prickly Pear. This group is very 
unique, of rather stiff aspect and some with many 
bristles. They bloom profusely, the flowers usual¬ 
ly large and showy and of various colors although 
yellow predominates. On some species the bright 
colored fruit remains for a long time after ripen¬ 
ing, making them very attractive. 
O. aurantiaca. Numerously branched, dark green 
with tufts of grayish white wool and yellow bris¬ 
tles. Flowers yellow, fruit carmine-red. 
O. basilaris var. ramesa. Small, spreading plant, blu- 
ish-green, yellow-brown wool and bristles. Flow¬ 
ers dark purple, rarely white. Fruit green, becom¬ 
ing white at maturity. 
O. clavarioides. Branched, spreading plant. Very 
small white spines. Flowers, greenish-red. 
Cereus in full bloom 
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