The Rebutias are small 
bristles in place of spines. 
blossoms that are borne from 
ECHINOPSIS or EASTER LILY CACTI 
ECAUSE of their large, hand- 
some, lilylike blossoms and the 
great freedom with which they 
bloom these are perhaps the most 
popular of the South American 
flowering cacti. They seem to thrive 
under the most varied conditions 
and live to a great age some of my 
eustomers writing that they have 
plants well over 25 years old that 
have for many years borne dozens 
of their beautiful blossoms each 
season, Plants are generally orange- 
shaped but with age may become 
tall-cylindric and may often have 
10 to 15 flowers open at once. 
There are several distinct tyres 
the most familiar being the Pink 
Easter Lily and related species. 
More recently introduced and very 
charming are the smaller, harmless 
spined types like the illustrated E. 
Kratochviliana and E hamatacan- 
tha. Taller than either are the 
huge blossomed HK, Huottii and E. 
Bridgesii which seem to offer a 
connecting link to Trichocereus. 
They are all native to the moun- 
tains of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia 
and Paraguay probably from the 
better watered slopes as the plants 
seem to: tolerate considerably more 
water than most cacti. 
The blossoms generally open in jn, 
the evening but remain open until 
noon next day and if cool or 
cloudy all day. 
some 

ECHINOPSIS 
Echinopsis albiflora. A very free flower- 
ing variety with long tubular white flowers 
the petals reflexing. You will be very much 
pleased with it. Fine plants blooming size 
2ins=o 1. 2a Ce 
Echinopsis ancistrophora. An almost 
spineless species of dwarf growth appar- 
ently never producing offsets. The showy 
flowers are white, produced from the upper 
areoles. Grows wild in the high mountains 
in the province of Tucuman, Argentina. 
Enjoys a little protection from the full sun. 
5g in.-1 in., 2Sc. 
Echinopsis Bridgesii. A very handsome 
flowered species from Bolivia. The blos- 
soms are white with wide, overlapping pet- 
als and often over 10 inches long. Grows 
very rapidly and is a prize plant and very 
rare. 114 in.-1% in., 25e. 
Echinopsis calochlora. A handsome, shiny, 
pale green plant with few spines. Flowers 
are large, frilly-petalled, white with black 
hair on the tube. Very attractive. Needs 
some shade. 14 in.-2 in., 25ce. Large 2 
in.-3 in., 50c. 
Echinopsis campylacantha. This fine, 
cone-shaped plant has long, curved, dark 
colored spines and charming pale lavender 
blossoms. 1 in., 20c. 
REBUTIA SENILIS AURESCENS 
round Cacti with harmless 
They have beautiful scarlet 
the base of the plant. 
They like moisture and some shade. Each 35c. 


A LARGE EASTER LILY CACTUS 
Echinopsis hybrida 
I have a few specimens of these hand- 
flowered cacti 
abundantly these past 3 years. 
in diameter each $1. 
specimens each 50c. 
Nice 1 in, to 1% in. 
planta), 2c. sc 
CULTURE 
They are extremely 
to grow and 
seem to stand 
treatment with 
They like a richer soil 
than most and plenty of 
water. The easiest to grow 
is the Pink Easter Lily and 
in my garden I top-dress 
it each summer with cow 
manure though I certainly 
would not recominend such 
treatment except where 
they had plenty of sun- 
shine. 
They will thrive in or- 
dinary loam soil but see 
that they are not kept in 
overwatered, soggy, sour 
soil which no plant enjoys. 
If you want to mix a spe- 
cial soil for them we have 
found they enjoy a compost 
of LT *part loam, 1. part 
sand, % part leafmold with 
a sprinkling of dried cow 
manure and charcoal. Dur- 
ing the growing season 
which is from April till 
September or October they 
appreciate regular water- 
ings with Cactus Food 
which will greatly stimu- 
late their blooming. The 
effect of fertilizer is some- 
times almost miraculous! 
Winter them in a _ cool 
place. 
easy 
some species 
ainost any 
impunity. 
that have flowered 
3 in. to 4 
Small blooming 
SACRED MUSHROOM 
Lophophora Williamsii 
A Living Rock hailing from Northern Mexico with a 
most interesting habit of growth. The visible part of 
the plant is blue with a soft smooth skin and tufts of 
stiff wool at the areoles. 
plant peep the pretty pink blossoms. Beneath the ground 
is a carrot-shaped root which, during the dormant winter 
season, pulls the plant tightly to the earth. 
Our North American Indians for centuries used the 
dried tops as a narcotic producing an 
From the woolly center of the 
illusion in the 
mind of prismatic colors. The plant is very easy to 
grow in the window garden with ordinary care. 50 
Mature 2 in.-24% in. specimen plants..._..............-.... 2 c 

A MOUNTAIN ECHINOPSIS 
Echinopsis Kratochviliana. 
One of the prettiest of these small, shade-loving 
mountaineers. They are flat topped little plants with 
harmless, hooked spines borne on low ridges. Found 
in grassy glades and bear charming white blossoms 
abundantly during the early summer. They enjoy 
some leafmold and to be kept moist. Grow very easily. 
Nice 34 in. 
let Ges ee ieee manera sere eens nst ,.73t oot eesateeee ee 25c 
ECHINOPSIS HUOTTII 
A splendid plant bearing glorious snowy- 
white, frilled blossoms 8 in. to 10 in. long! 
This is a very distinct Bolivian species not 
closely related to any other. The plants 
grow several inches tall with few, shallow 
ribs and long spines. A quick grower, lik- 
ing a rich soil. Recommended. Nice 114 
in. tore. plants, 2c. 
Echinopsis X Johnsonii. One of the hand- 
somest of all with dark pink blossoms and 
frilly petals blooming when quite small 
though old plants reach a height of 2 feet. 
Pin seas 
1% Nat. Size. 

PARODIA SCOPAOIDES 
Natural Size 
orange-yellow blossoms make this one 
have yet 
Brilliant, { 
most attractive novelties we 
of the 
introduced. The 
plants, even when not in flower, are very pretty with their 
in orderly spirals. 
small. Fine 3 
tiny hooked spines arranged 
easiest culture flowering when 
1 in.-1% in. specimens 
ready to flower 
Extraordinarily free flowering often having 
10 to 15 open flowers at a time. Blooms 
many times during the summer. 2 in. 75c. 
SNe pas 
Echinopsis X Los Angeles. This is one 
of the very finest of Easter Lily Cacti 
bearing a crown often of 15 or more 7 inch 
dark pink, frilly flowers. We do not know 
its origin and it may be a species. Grows 
very large with broad low ridges and short 
spines. Fine 2% in.-3 in., 50e and 75c. 
Echinopsis lobivioides. A new and very 
pretty flowered mountain species. The 
plant is quite broad and compressed. Flow- 
ers white with black wool on the tubes. 
Likes a moist soil. %& in.-1 in., 25e. 
Echinopsis mirabilis. Called the ‘Flor 
de la Oracion’’ in Argentina this extremely 
rare and local species bears odd, slender 
petalled flowers at night. The plant is tiny, 
no more than thumb sized when mature 
with an almost black body. Nice 4-year-old 
plants, 19c. 
Echinopsis pelecyrhachis. This is a very 
rare new species from Salta, Argentina, 
with pretty white to pinkish flowers. Flow- 
ers freely. Fine blooming size plants, 1 in.- 
1% in., 25ce. 
Echinopsis polyancistra. A new moun- 
tain species with charming white flowers. 
3%, in.-1 in., 25e. 
Echinopsis rhodotricha. See cut, page 
23. A fine, vigorous, lilac-flowered species. 
34 in. plants, 19c. 
Echinopsis Ritteri. A superb’. species 
with great ruffled white flowers over 10 in. 
long borne directly from the crown. Rare. 
% in.-1 in., 25e. 
Echinopsis Sylvestrii. 
rare species. 2 in., 75c. 
White Easter Lily. Echinonpsis turbinata. 
An old favorite long grown in hundreds of 
California gardens. The plants are dark 
green with very short, black spines and 
form large clusters. The flowers are pure 
white, fragrant and shaped just like an 
Easter Lily, 6 in. long. Large 4-year-old 
3 in. specimens, 50c. Fine 114 in., 25c. 
A very choice and 
A CONNECTICUT CACTUS COLLECTION 
These plants were grown by Mrs. 

Of the 
year old 
21 
Richard Fiedler of 
Box 15, Broad Brook, Conn. Mrs. Fiedler has been quite 
successful with her plants particularly with her 
Orchid 
Cacti of which you see a large specimen at the left. 

