Temple City, Calif. 
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Myrtillocactus geometrizans 
MONVILLEA. Slender upright plants closely allied 
to the genus Cereus and having large white night 
blooming flowers. 
M. cavendishii. Free flowering, much branched as it 
grows older. Single stemmed plants .75 
M. diffusa. A tall growing one from Southern Ecuador. 
Twelve inch plants .75 
M. maritima. Similar to the former, but very rare. 
Good specimens $2.00 
AI. marmorata. Meaning marbled because of its pecu¬ 
liarly marked stems. Grafted .75 
Af. spegazzinii. Slender gray-green stems with jet black, 
spines. Very attractive .40 
MORAWETZIA doelziana. A recently discovered 
Peruvian cactus with white silky hair and reddish 
spines resembling Oreocereus, but is said to bear its 
carmine flowers at an earlier age. Grafted or rooted 
$1.00 
MYRTILLOCACTUS cochal. Large seedling plants 
.75 
AL goemetrizans. Grows sturdily with a beautiful blue- 
green body .35, smaller .25 
NEOLLOYDIA beguinnii. Has feathery spines when 
young, later long slender silvery tipped with black. 
Small ones .25, larger field grown specimens .75 
N. conoidea. Pretty seedlings .35 
N. rhaphidacantha. Slender, erect, long tubercled, 
flowers white-yellow .25 
NEOPORTERIA. Interesting Chilean plants outstand¬ 
ing in appearance. As they grow very slowly on their 
own roots we offer nicely grafted specimens only. See 
also the genus Chilenia which is a division formerly 
included in this group. 
N. jusca. *52. .75 
N. napina. Nearly spineless, olive-green body, free 
flowering .75 
N. nidus. Attractive with its long bristly interwoven 
spines of black and white $1.00 
N. nigricans. Striking describes this bright chocolate- 
black wonder with black spines. Get this one for .80 
N. reichei. An odd one covered with minute pectinate 
spines which do not annoy while handling .40 
N. senilis. Resembles N. nidus. A beauty $1.00 
N. stumeriana. Good specimens .60 
NOTOCACTUS are without exception the finest, easi¬ 
est to grow and most reliable blooming of all cacti. 
They are hardy in Southern alifornia, standing several 
degrees of frost and give a beautiful exhibit of flowers 
each season. All except N. haselbergii have large 
bright yellow flowers with a brilliant red stigma in 
the center. 
N. concinnus. *73. Low with soft creamy yellow 
spines .35 
N. floricomus. Similar to the one above, but with 
brownish spines. Grafted specimens .50 
N. graessneri. *77. Grafted plants $1.00 
N. haselbergii. *76. The only red flowered one of this 
genus, is most attractive with its soft white or creamy 
spines, its freely produced flowers last ten days .75 
N. leninghausii. *78. The "Golden Ball" is most at¬ 
tractive with its fine hair-like golden spines. It grows 
much taller than the others in this group .50 
N. mueller-melchersii. Covered with curled yellow 
and reddish spines. Good grafts .75 
N. ottonis. *75. The earliest to flower of the Noto- 
cactus. Seedlings often flower when one year old. 
Small ones .35, larger specimens .75 
N. schumannianus. The largest of the group with fine 
golden red spines. Nice grafted specimens $1.25 
N„ scopa. *74. The "Silver Ball" with its bright 
silvery spines tipped with red, wins the prize in the 
platinum blond class. Be sure to put this one in your 
collection. Nice plants .35, flowering size .75 
Opuntia glomerata. "Paper Spined Opuntia." 
N. submammulosus. *10. A flat strong spined one. 
Flowers large. Blooming size .75 
N. tabularis. Called the "Table Top” because of its 
flattened apex, with fine twisted brownish spines and 
the usual large yellow flower. Grafted specimens .50 
OPUNTIA. The "Prickly Pears" or "Tunas” as the 
Mexicans call them are most widely distributed of all 
cacti, growing from the Arctic Circle to Patagonia and 
are found in every state in the U. S. except Maine and 
Vermont. We can supply nearly one hundred kinds of 
them, but are listing only a few of the more attractive 
and popular species. Those interested in other kinds 
please ask for special mimeographed list. 
O. aciculata. An attractive one with short golden 
brown spines .35 
O. basilaris. The "Beaver Tail” has a gray-green or 
reddish color when dormant and is the first of our na¬ 
tive California cacti to flower. Its large ruffled pink to 
