GCACTIT AND SUCCULENTS 
1941 PRICE LIST 
(Price 10 cents) 

S MYSTERIOUS and interest-compelling as their mother earth, the desert, cacti and succulent plants 
are now truly coming into their rightful heritage of appreciation and study. 
The nation-wide enthusiasm of plant hobbyists and gardeners for collecting these amazing ex- 
amples of nature’s oddities in beauty is not surprising to those who have enjoyed a long acquaintance 
with their peculiar, gripping charm. It forecasts for hobbyists in every walk of life their most thrill- 
ing and satisfying adventure in this relaxing, yet stimulating pastime. 
Easy to grow and to care for, in fact less demanding than almost any other plant .. . adaptable to 
heated, dry indoor conditions in the winter, cacti have justly earned their enthusiastic welcome. 
Few forms of plant life offer the same romantic, unusual backgrounds of origin and growth as 
the cacti. They beckon us away from our modern life of technological achievement into an intrigu- 
ing study of primitive battles with nature for survival, resulting in the hundreds of oddities seen 
in a comprehensive collection of cacti. For the wide variety of forms assumed by cacti, one of their 
most fascinating features, originated in the plants’ efforts to survive the rigors of their native habi- 
tat, to reduce the amount of body surface exposed to the thirsty desert air. 
In this day of devotion to glamorous personalities, both in plants and in people, cacti and 
succulents yield to none. Striking individuality is apparent in many variations between the extremes 
of dainty plants, frosted with gauzy, silky fluff, and the wickedly rapier-like needled ones . . . be- 
tween those best described as the savage sharks’ tooth and the domestically charming brood of hen 
and chicks . . . between tiny miniature buttons and 
giants truly at home only as sentinels upon wind- 
swept sands. 
For unusual exotic beauty, study the size and 
color of cacti blossoms. They range from brilliant, 
flaming jungle shades to delicate pastels that seem 
too fragile to be real, from tiny miniatures to large 
blooms, sometimes larger than the plant itself. For 
example, an Echinopsis only three or four inches 
in diameter and height may produce several blos- 
soms, each having a greater diameter and length 
of tube than the parent plant. 
For years we have studied, collected and pro- 
pagated rarities in cacti and succulents and we offer 
to you one of the finest selections in America and 
in the entire world. We hope that you will find our 
offerings interesting and acceptable, and that you 
_will decide to begin or to add to your collection 
through us. 
One of our 200 feet long cactus 
seedling greenhouses 

