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Knickerbocker Nursery 
CACTI 
Acanthocereus pent agon us. Fla., Tex., Mex., Venezuela. 
Triangular, procumbent; night bloomer. . 25c to $1.00 
'A. subinermis. 7 inch. Oaxaca, Mexico. Flower 8 in. 
Outer petals reddish, inner white__... _$1.00 
Ancistrocactus scheeri. Texas. Small tubercled plants. 
Yellow spines, some hooked....3 5c 
Left—Astrophytum aureura 
Kight—Trichoeereus pasacana 
Aporocactus conzatti. Oaxaca, Mexico. Creeping tails cov¬ 
ered with brown bristles. Flowers brick red. Grafted 
plants .._.. 5 0c to $1.00 
A. flagelliformis. Rat Tail. Long slender, pendant stem 
covered with short spines and magenta flowers. A 
good house plant. Grafted__-50c to $1.00 
A. flagriformis. Oaxaca, Mexico. Erect at first, then 
creeping, much branched. Flowers dark crimson. 
Grafted plants .....50c to $1.00 
A; leptophis. Mexico. Strongly ribbed slender tails with 
bristly spines. Graft .......50c to $1.00 
A. martianus hybrid of Helio. specisiosum , rooted cut 5t-c 
Arequipa leucotricha. Chile, Peru. Red-brown spines; red, 
oblique fls___________5 0c 
Ariocarpus fissuratus. Texas. The Living Rock. Looks 
more like an amphibian than a plant _ 2 5c to 3 5c 
A. furfuraceus. 5 in. ____ $2.00 
A. kotschoubeyanus. Mexico .. $1.00 
A. retusus. 3 in... $2.00 
A. scapharos/rus. 2 in. .. $2.00 
A. strobiliformis. Mexico .... $1.00 
A. trigonus. 3 in. ...... $2.00 
Astrophytum asterias. Texas, Mexico. "The Sea Urchin.” 
Small, flat, distinctive. Requires strictly limy 
soil ......... 3 5c to $1.00 
In cultivation does better on a graft. Grafted plants $1.00 
A. capricorne. Long, curling spines. Mexico. 3 year 
seedlings ...... 5 0c 
A. capricorne major. 3 year seedlings 5 0c; mature 
plants . .. $1.00 up 
A. capricorne minor. Curling stout spines $1.00 
A. capricorne var. aureum. Center of straw colored 
spines. 3 year seedlings 5 0c 
A. capricorne var. senilis. 4 in. ... ... $2.00 up 
