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Knickerbocker Nursery 
Left—Espostoa lanata 
Right—Cleistocactus straussi 
Epithclanthus micromeris. Texas. "The Button Cactus.” 
Charming, pure white, little buttons with pink fls. 
followed by red fruit. One of the smallest .. 2 5c 
A few clusters---$1.00 
Escobaria dasyacantha. Texas. Similar to E. tuberculosa with 
more regular spines. Fls. pink...15c to 25c 
E. runyoni. Texas. Small variety; spines white tipped 
with brown. Fls. yellowish; fruit red .15c to 25c 
E. tuberculosa. Large for the genus. Spines gray; fls. 
pink; fruit red..15c to 2 5c 
Espostoa lanata. Ecuador. The most beautiful of hairy 
cereus. Completely covered with white wool with a 
few stiff, yellow spines. Comes from the high 
Andes__-50c to $1.00 
E. sericata. Similar to lanata. Probably a form of it 
grafted...75c to $1.00 
FEROCACTUS 
F. acanthodes. "The California Barrel.” All sizes 2 5c to $1.00 
F. alamos anus. Sonora. Very rare_$1.00 to $3.00 
F. coloratus. Lower Calif. Most beautiful of all the 
Ferocacti. Dark red, broad spines_$1.00 and $2.00 
F. crassihamatus. Pale green, ribs 13, prominent, areoles 
large flowers lilac___50c to $1.00 
F. echidne ____$1.00 
F. fordi. Lower Calif. Fls. handsome purple or rose 
purple. A fine plant..50c to $1.00 
F. gracilis. Lower Calif. Red spines with a few of the 
radials white. FI. petals red with yellow margins. 
Very fine ___50c to $1.00 
F. horridus. Most formidably spined of all Feros. Lower 
Calif. _50c to $1.00 
F. latispinus. (E. corniger). A very symmetrical plant. 
Spines red, short and flattened. Flowers pink or 
white to purple_50c to $1.50 
F. macrodiscus _50c to $1.00 
F. mathssoni. Flowers early, while small.50c to $1.00 
F. melocactiformis (electracanthus). Mexico. The spread¬ 
ing amber spines make a very showy plant 50c to $1.00 
F. nobilis (recurvus). Mexico. Dark, red spines, cen¬ 
trals hooked; fl. petal red with white margins. A 
very showy plant .....50c to $1.50 
F. pringlei. Mexico. Red spines with yellow fls. ..50c 
Frailea dadaki. Graft .... 3 5c 
