CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS 
ROOTED PLANT ASSORTMENTS 
Our florist trade find it most satisfactory to order by assortment, giving us information as to the purpose for which the 
plants are to be used and leaving the selection to us. 
When ordered by assortment, we can give better value and select varieties that are in the most saleable condition at the 
time ordered. 
Assortments are made up mainly from standard varieties that have proven good sellers, but we are sometimes able to 
include new varieties and good varieties which we have in insufficient quantity to list separately. 
Some varieties are especially saleable while in bud or bloom, or while very highly colored for a short period. They are 
included in assortments at these times. A few of the best selling varieties are entirely unsaleable for a short period during each 
year, usually just at the end of their blooming period and these are eliminated from assortments when unsaleable. 
We grow more than one thousand varieties of Cacti and other Succulents in quantities of from one of a kind to three 
hundred thousand of a kind. 
Some varieties may be propagated from cuttings at any period of the year. Other varieties produce very few cuttings or 
can be successfully propagated only at one period of the year. Some varieties can be grown only from seed and, in some 
cases, seed is unavailable for several years at a time and some of tlie seedlings take two to three years to reach a saleable 
size. Other varieties are grown from leaves and take several months to a year to reach a saleable size. 
Naturally it is impossible to keep a complete stock of all varieties in all grades but we are always able to make up saleable 
and satisfactory assortments, to suit any purpose, from our stock and believe this is the most satisfactory way to order. 
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