
selves use. 
JOHNSON'S CACTUS FOOD 
At last a fertilizer prepared from my 
own formula that will make your cacti 
grow and bloom! The ingredients are blend- 
ed and proportioned to help your plants 
make normal, matured, flowering growth. It 
is very highly concentrated, sugarlike in 
appearance and dissolves in water. Use a 
quart of water to a teaspoonful and watch 
your plants grow. May be used in conjunc- 
tion with Vitamin B-1. We use it exclu- 
sively here at the nursery on all our plants. 
Well rooted Cacti and Succulents enjoy its 
mild stimulating effects. 
Glass Jar 114 grams. 50c. 
1S ounce box. $1.00. 
5 pound bag prepaid. $3.00. 
JOHNSON'S CACTUS COMPOST 
Mix With Your Own Sand and Soil 
An economical compost for Cacti and 
Succulents which when mixed with equal 
or larger quantities of both sand and light 
loam makes a very suitable soil for all 
desert plants. Composed of our recleaned 
sclerophyllus leafmold, charcoal, soil con- 
ditioner, lime, and gypsum in the proper 
proportions for all potted cacti. A light 
and bulky mixture the same as we use in 
our own potting soils for both seedling and 
specimen plants. 
Per bushel bag F.O.B. Hynes. $2.50. 
Per peck, Postpaid. $1.75. 
5 pints to make 8-12 quarts of 70 
fine cactus soil. Postpaid............... c 
COUR SPECIAL CACTUS LEAFMOLD 
A recleaned, sclerophyllus desert leaf- 
mold, sifted, light and dry. Mixed with 
equal parts of both sand and loam it makes 
a fine, economical cactus soil. 
2 Ib. 8 oz. bag, Pestpaid, 6Sc. 
OUR CACTUS SOIL 
Our own specially prepared cactus soil. 
Since it is very heavy and expensive to 
ship I offer it simply as a check so that 
you may know how to mix a suitable cac- 
tus soil yourself. 
Sample 12 oz. bag postpaid. 25c. 
HARDWOOD CACTUS CHARCOAL 
Useful in keeping cactus soils sweet and 
aerated. Helpful in heavy soils. 
Per quart. 25c. 
CACTUS INSECTICIDE 
Our special instruction sheet describing 
common cactus pests and treatment, with 
spray formulas. We recommend Barfoot 
Spray as effective and non-injurious to 
cacti or other house or garden plants. 
Instruction sheet and bottle of Barfoot 
Spray, 40c postpaid. 
Barfoot Neutral Spreader. Added to 
spray increases kill by better penetration of 
pest. Botile. 20c. 
HANDY CACTUS TONGS 
These simple vegetable tongs will save 
the fingers and not hurt the plants. 
Small size Postpaid. 18c. 
in two sizes. Large size Postpaid. 23c. 
Popcorn Cactus 
Rhipsalis 
cassutha. 

SUPPLIES for CACTI. . 
EW things are needed in the growing of cacti more than interest 
and a desire to collect them. However, for the city dweller and 
more serious collector I am offering a few things that may make 
their culture easier. The things we offer are the things we our- 
JOHNSON'S CACTUS SOIL 
CONDITIONER 
Of great assistance in keeping cacti in 
good health it is designed to add the min- 
erals ordinary garden soils often lack. Des- 
ert soils are often high in mineral content 
for there is little rain to leach them away. 
A spoonful of my Conditioner placed about 
a Cactus plant and stirred lightly into the 
soil will often bring an ailing one back to 
health. Mix it with your potting soils. 
Small Size 10 oz. Postpaid. 60c. 
Large Size 2 ib. 8 oz. Postpaid. $1.00. 
PPP PP PPD PAID PIP PDP PPPPELIP PDD PP LPP AD PPL IDP 
CACTUS HELPS 
Grower’s Handy Kit. 
Collection H-22 
Book. Cacti for the Amateur. 
Jar Johnson’s Cactus Food. 
Johnson’s Cactus Compost. 5 pts. 
Cactus Insecticide, etc. 
Handy Cactus Tongs. 
Johnson Cactus Soi] Conditioner. 
ALL ARTICLES $3.00 
POSTPAID on. no ooo -n sous saestenscnsessense 

RED DRAGON FLOWER 
handsome MHuernia Schniederiana 
bears delicately beautiful blossoms with 
rosy-copper petals and jet black center, 
Flowers all summer, likes water, exceed- 
ingly easy to grow. Branched 25c. 
Larger 35c. Fine plants....................... 15 ¢ 
The 

BLACK DRAGON FLOWER 
(Huernia Penzigii) 
This fascinating, easily grown Succulent bears 
pretty and very curious jet black, bell-shaped 
blossoms all summer and fall. Very ‘‘cactusy” 
looking and quick growing, liking a rich sandy 
soil and plenty of water in summer. Covered with 
long, soft, quite harmless prickles. 
Branched 35c. 1 
Fine plants.......25..00.2-222.222cclonees ce ncaav ane 7c 
TERMS 
| GUARANTEE SAFE DELIVERY 
ANYWHERE—ANYTIME 
FREE DELIVERY: I ship free all orders 
amounting to $1.00 or more. A few speci- 
men sizes noted in text are f.o.b. Hynes. 
MINIMUM ORDER for free delivery is 
$1.00. Orders for less must have 15c extra 
to cover packing costs. 
HOW TO REMIT: By check, money order 
or stamps. When stamps are sent I appre- 
ee denominations of 10c to 25c. No 
HOW WE SHIP: By guaranteed Parcel 
Post which delivers directly to your door. 
Ail plants are passed by State Horticultural 
Inspectors to insure freedom from all in- 
sect pests. They are packed by experts 
in strong especially made boxes heavily in- 
sulated from heat and cold and clearly 
marked “Rush — Perishable — Tender 
Plants.” 
MAY WE SUBSTITUTE IF OUT? 
We have fine stocks of every item offered 
but owing to this season’s great number 
we ask you to provide us with 2 or 8 
alternatives. 
OUR GOLD SEAL GUARANTEE 
Read it on Page 2 
The prices, terms and guarantee herein 
voids all prior offers. 
The NEW SAND CULTURE for CACTI 
Mere ee eene scientific name for growing plants in culture solutions. This 
gnex nae is rapidly proving its worth and for the cactus enthusiast has especial 
points of interest. One may grow his plants in clean porous sand thus at once prevent- 
ing any possibility of over watering. This is of particular interest to collectors where 
sr ope ry or sunny weather is at a premium. Many choice or difficult plants thrive under 
is treatment for cactus roots, when well fed, enjoy spreading in the air-filled sand. 
VITAMIN B-1 
A Wrights B-1 Tablets 
a1 For use in any Soil 
ge Works miracles on cacti often 
i bringing refractory plants into 
| bloom. Don’t fail to use this won- 
der working solution. Better 
Sa" Homes and Gardens tests on 
Cacti records wonderful success attained 
in flowering slow plants. Particularly valu- 
able to stimulate new root growth after 
transplanting. We use it regularly at our 
nursery. 
Each tablet makes 1 to 2 gallons of solu- 
tion. 150 tablets with 
full instructions. .............-.....22200..0... 50c 

PLANT-CHEM SALTS 
Row Grow Prize Cacti the Easy Way 
Cacti grown in pure sand 
and watered regularly with 
this nutrient solution make 
a healthy, vigorous, normal 
growth. Contains, in scien- 
tific proportions, the 30 
chemicals needed in the 
growth of all plants. 
1214 gallon package post. 
paid. 28c. 
100 gallon package post- 
paid. $1.10. 
490 gallon package post- 
paid. $2.20. 

JOHNSON'S SAND CULTURE KIT 
i Collection H-23 
OMPLETE instructions on growing Cacti and Succulents in sand with nutrient solu- 
tions. Simplifies watering. Makes the most difficult desert plants of easy culture. 
Particularly useful where winters are long and damp. 
12%4 gallon pkg. Plant-Chem, 150 tabicts Vitamin B-1, 
i bottle Johnson’s Cactus Feod——All Postpaid..................._. 
2 apg Sis 
$1.10 
