WHITE TORCH CACTUS 
Trichocereus Spachianus 
Each snowy blossom Is 6" across and what a sight 
their sparkling fresh beauty is in the morning sun¬ 
light! The easiest growing cactus quickly forming tine 
specimens the plants bright green with brown spines. 
Give It a rich soil and plenty of water. 8"-10" seed¬ 
lings, 40c. Heavy 12 n cuttings, $1. 18". $1.50. Large 
specimen clumps. $3.50 and $5 F.O.B. Hynes. 47 
rhrifty young plants._____ I / C 
PHOTOGRAPHS 
Everyone Is Interested In pictures of the collections 
of fellow fanciers. If you have good ones of your 
own send them In. Clear Kodak snapshots are fine 
but stay 6-10 feet away from your subject when tak¬ 
ing them. We want you In the picture too for we are 
all Interested In knowing our cactus friends more In¬ 
timately I With your photo write us the interesting 
facts about your collection such as when they flow¬ 
ered and your methods of growing, watering, etc. 
I cannot guarantee to return photos unless stamps 
are sent but for all those I use I will send 10 fine 
cacti prepaid. 
QUESTIONS? 
Somewhere in this catalog you will find the 
answers in detail to practically all of your 
questions on culture—watering, care, resting, 
etc. Read it over carefully before writing. 
There is little more that I can add. For those 
who are further interested I would suggest 
the two books, "Cacti for the Amateur" at 
$1.10 and "Succulents for the Amateur" at 
$1.60 postpaid. They are splendid, informative 
books that every fancier should havel 
Feel free to ask me any questions not clear 
to you and I will do my best to answer them. 
Please enclose self-addressed, stamped en¬ 
velope for replies. 
g OLD MEN CACTI 
White Haired Species 
Collection F10 
Old Man Cactus, Peruvian Old Man, Old 
Man of Mountain, Grizzly Bear, Old Lady 
Cactus. gw cr 
A Bargain Price _ 9 I «XD 
IN OUR CACTUS HOUSES 
I wish that you might vialt our greenhouses and 
growing grounds to see for yourself the hundreds of 
thousands of healthy cacti. Practically all of our 
plants are raised from seed which is the slow, hard 
way but this Is the only way to assure you of plants 
free from disease and with rigorous healthy root 
systems. 
FOR HARDY CACTUS1 
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CHILENIA 
The Chllenlss are beautifully flowered Barrel Cacti 
from the very hot. dry deserts of coastal Chile. With 
us they have flowered when still small, largo plants 
bearing dozens of their brilliant cerise-pink blos¬ 
soms. They are very spiny, globular plants and like 
a sandy soil and care in watering. 
Chilenia cbilensis. 35c. 2", 60c. 
Chilenia heteracantha. Flowering size, 1 
40c. 
Chilenia subgibbosa. lVa", 35c. 2*/j"-3", 75c. 
5”, $1.25. 
Pyrrbocactus horridus. A rare species. l",35c. 
Pyrrhocactus mammillariodes (centeterius). 
iy* . 35c. iy 2 "-2", 50c. 
10 DESERT BEAUTIES 
Beautifully colored and handsomely spined 
Cacti. A choice selection for a colorful 7" 
pottery bowl. 
1. Tom Thumb. 
2. Bishop Cap. 
3. Silver Ball. 
4. Golden Stars. 
5. Thornless Tree 
Opuntia. 
6. Old Man. 
7. Golden Parodia. 
8. Silver Dumpling. 
9. Silver Torch. 
10. Grizzly Bear. 
Collection F11A 
In our regular size plants. $1.60. 
Collection FI IB 
In our specimen 35c sizes . $2.75 
CACTI IN THE MORNING SUNLIGHT 
“This Interesting picture of the Rabbit Ear Cactus 
was taken by Mrs. W. B. Hughes of Little Rock, 
Arkansas. In her garden. Mrs. Hughes and her friends 
are enthusiastic cactus fans and get a great deal of 
pleasure from meeting and discussing their hobby. 
— 15 — 
ggrpj 
GOLDEN BARRELS 
One of the most treasured plants in our 
gardens is the Golden Barrel. As the plants 
grow in size they become a bright golden yel¬ 
low from their hornlike spines. They are na¬ 
tive to the upland mesas oi Mexico where 
they grow on the ridges and barranca walls. 
The plants above are $1.25 each. Small 
plants, 25c. Vigorous plants 
showing character_ 
50c 
QUEENS OF THE NIGHT 
Collection F12 
Magnificent Night Flowering Cacti 
Queen oi the Night. Princess oi the Night, 
Honolulu Queen, Snake Cactus, Queen Cactus. 
F12A. Regular sizes ___ $1.25 
Large SI 
flowering sizes ... gj,3U 
Once again ws greet our friends and extend an In¬ 
vitation to visit our nursories when in California. It 
it always a pleasure to talk gardens and to show you 
some of our particular treasures. Perhaps we can help 
you to And some of the interesting garden sights about 
Los Angeles. A map is appended to page 24. 
Sincerely yours. 
RABBIT EARS (Opuntia microdasys 
A beautiful quick growing favorite with 
golden glochids..17C 
