
AT RIGHT 
STARLETS 
(Stapelia pulchella) 
petals of this charming 
star are quite 
leathery in texture. This sur- 
prising little plant was found 
on the sand-dunes near the sea 
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 
one hundred fifty years ago. It 
makes an interesting dwarf pot 
plant with many finger-like, 
mie ver ceo ted stems. As easily 
grown as the common Star- 
tish Flower. Each. 27¢ 
The 
sulphur-yellow 
STARLETS. 
RED DRAGON FLOWER. 
on page 17. 
of Succulents. 
the summer and fall. 
liberal culture even reaching 2 feet. 
BLACK DRAGON FLOWER (Huernia Penzigii). 
looking plant comes from Italian 
page 17. This fine ‘‘cactusy”’ 
Eritrea. Blooms almost every month in 
the year. Blossoms are jet black, 5-point- 
ed, flaring mouthed bells. The stems are 
crowded with soft, rubbery prickles and 
branch exceedingly freely. Likes generous 
culture. You will like it. 23¢c. 
Hoodia Bainii. Turn to page 33 for 
picture showing general habit of Hoodias. 
This is a much branched plant growing 6 
into Se Im balls Blossoms are almost 
round, 2 to 3 inches across, varying in 
color, light yellow to buff, often tinged 
pinkish or very pale purple. Nice plants 
shipped with pots 27c. 

GIANT STARFISH FLOWER 
Stapelia gigantea 
One of the strangest blossoms known which in the 
wild state sometimes reach 18 inches across! The 
blossoms are of a peculiar, leathery texture opening 
out into a giant star. They are yellow striped with 
innumerable corpery lines and hairs. The plants 
reach 6 in, high with velvet covered, 4 angled 
branches. It creeps on the surface and in well- 
grown specimens often hangs in festoons over the 
edge of the pot, flowering freely even on the hanging 
branches. Use a rich, sandy soil, watering freely 
in summer, keeping dryer in winter. Nice 60 
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(Huernia Schniederiana). 
One of the most satisfactory and easily grown 
Thrives with plenty of water, 
Blossoms of brightly contrasting rosy-red 
and jet black, star-shaped and borne near the base of the plant. 
Branches very freely with stems usually to 6 
Blooming size 23c. 











Some are grown fo 


flower 
the handsome Aloe 
Rocheas are hardl 
world. 
4/5 Nat. Size 
PAGODA PLANT 
Crassula perfossa var. 
Similar to the Necklace Vine but 
with much stiffer, upright stems. 
Illustrated 
blooming during 
Each pair of leaves is yoked together, 
the stem passing through them like a 
cord through a string of buttons. The 
plant, with its tiers of leaves, appears 
like an Oriental 
I7c¢. 
inches but with 
pagoda. Nice plants 
Illustrated on 

ARAB'S TURBAN 
Crassula hemisphaerica. Nat. Size 
One of the most curious of all and one of the easiest to 
grow if kept quite moist. It grows in the grassy fields near 
the Zwartkops River in South Africa in the same district 
that some of the Living Rocks are found. The flower spike 
emerges at the top of the plant, reaching some 6 in. in 
height with pretty white flowers. After flowering the plant 
branches, Grows best in a light, rich, soil partially 21 
protected from direct sunlight. Nice plants Cc 
AFRICAN TREE ALOE 
Aloe africana 
The Aloes are ubiquitous plants 
of the African veld and there are 
scores of varieties, some growing 
into tall trees 60 feet high. This 
species is excellent as a_ small 
plant with curious prickly leaves 
in a whorl. Grows slowly but with 
age may reach 20 feet. Of the very 
CULTURE 
They require 
should, 
of pure sand 
airy, sunny 
ipcay Cinciulanterony eae OC 
AtLeft SCARLET PAINT BRUSH 
Rochea falcata 
The brilliant red, flat-topped flower heads 
of this beautiful plant are sometimes as 
much as 9 inches across. It is found 
growing in dry, stoney places, often in 
rock crevices, in Care Province, 8S. Africa. 
It is remarkably easy to grow and flower, 
the blossoms appearing in late summer or 
fall. The plant itself is very odd with its 
silvery, sickle-shaped leaves arranged in 
one plane. They are quite scabrous, al- 
most like fine emery paper. 
CULTURE. They enjoy a light, airy 
place in the window and a rich but sandy 
soil. They are not particular about water 
but during the summer like plenty. For 
best flowers give generous culture. Large 
5 in. to 7 in. plants full blooming size 50c. 
Smaller 4-5 in. 25c. 
Fine plants 
only 15¢ 
Starfish and Dragon Flowers, 
heads such as the Scarlet Paint Brush below or 
by the Arab’s Turban, 
y matched elsewhere 
in winter and barely moist in summer in an 
Some Rare and Unusual 
Succulents 
HE CURIOUS and 
constantly becoming more popular as our customers 
become more acquainted with their endless 
strange African Succulents are 
variety. 
r their spectacular blossoms as the 
others for their brilliant 
s. The fascinating forms assumed 
Baby Toes, Jewel Plant and 
in the plant 

JEWEL PLANT 
Titanopsis calcarea. Nat. Size 
This interesting mimicry plant resembles 
very closely the rough limestone in which 
it is found. The rugose leaves are pretti- 
ly tinged with red or violet, particularly 
in full light. It was found in Great 
Namaqualand, S, Africa. An elegant, 
jewel-like little plant in every way its 
bright yellow blossoms appearing in Sep- 
tember. Likes a quite sandy soil and 
prefers being watered frum below. In 
winter keep fairly dry. 
year old plants only 
ALOE ARISTATA 
The aristocrat of dwarf Aloes. This very 
rare plant has numerous, slender, warty leaves 
white toothed on the margins, tipped with 
a bristle, A compact rosette with scores of 
leaves. It flowers in May and June, the spikes 
bearing many pendent, tubular, orange-red 
blossoms. During the dormant season, after 
flowering, it folds up into a tight ball. Likes 
a rich, sandy soil and a dry rest in July and 
August. Large $I. 2 in. 3 in. 60c. 
to 3 
BELOW 
BABY TOES 
Fenestraria rhopalophylla 
One of the most sought after of all the 
Succulents. It is a true ‘‘window plant,’’ the 
top of each toe-shaped leaf being transparent. 
In the wilds it grows buried in the sand 
dunes near the coast in S. W. Africa. Only 
the tips of the leaves are visible, the snow-white blossoms 
resting on the sand. 
- In cultivation they must not be buried. 
almost pure, clean sand to grow in and since 
they resent repotting we always ship them in pots which 
however, be placed in a larger pot (3 in. - 4 in.) 
. They are best watered from below, Keep dry 
60c 
window. Plants with pots.........0.......... 


