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Knickerbocker Nursery 
Left—Euphorbia splendens 
Right—Euphorbia echinus 
E. meloformis. Cape region. Dark green, globular with 
depressed centers. One of the three globular forms. 
1 x /2 in. to 3 in....50c to $1.00 
E. nerifolia. India. Shrubby. Grows to 6 or 7 ft., 8 to 
10 in. in diam. Heavily horned stem with large 
leaves ____ 50c up 
E. obesa. S. Afr. Globular, marked like a piece of 
gingham and very fascinating. 1 in. to 1 3 4 in. 
....7 5c to $1.25 
E. officinarium. Similar to echinus ... ... 5 0c 
E. ornithopus. The bird foot. Cylindrical straggling 
joints_______ 30c 
E. pentlandi. Handsome blue green red spines 5 0c to $1.00 
E. pfesdorffi. Africa. Attractive minature plant with 
red spines and many heads __2 5c to 7 5c 
E. pseudocactus. Profusely marbled with white sharply 
angled ribs....-. 25c up 
E. resinifera. S. W. Morocco. 4-angled, many branches, 
yielded the Euphorbia Gum of the Ancients 25s to $2.00 
E. sc him peri .... 15c to 2 5c 
£. similis (natalensis) . Natal. Looks like a large Cereus. 
.. $1.00 to $10.00 
*£. splendens. Madagascar. "Crown of Thorns.” A lovely 
pot plant with red flowers almost continual. Can be 
twisted and trained into many forms .. 25c to $2.50 
£. susannae. Branched plant. . $1.00 
£. tetragona. Rooted cuts_______.50c 
*E. tirucauli. S. Asia....... 15c 
£. trigonus ____ 3 5c 
£. uncinata. Africa. 2 to 4 angled; very green 50c 
£. veninata. Rooted cuts. Pale-blue, white margins . 5 0c 
*E. xylophyllodes. Madagascar. Interesting, fine. Flat, 
thick, Z 2 - in. wide, leaf-like branches 3 5c 
GASTERALOE 
Gasteraloes are hybrids of Gasterias and Aloes usually mark 
ed like the Gasterias and formed in rosettes like most of the 
Aloes. 
G. beguini. Dark green, heavily warted. Looks like a 
Haworthia but larger and very good 1 5c to $1.00 
G. rnortolensis. Smooth, mottled, light green, heavy 
leaves ..... 2 5c up 
G. perfectior. Dark green fluent white spots. Good 
looking 2 5c and '5c 
G. pethamensis. . A dark, beautifully mottled plant 
.. . 15c to $ 1.00 
