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M. perbella. Globular with tiny white spines and pink 
flowers. Easily grown and very attractive .25 
M. perbella lanata. Similar to above, but axils of the 
tubercles are woolly .25 
M. pfeifferi. Covered with a twisted mass of yellow- 
ish spines in older plants, not so colorful when small. 
Small specimens .35 
M. plumosa. A dense mass of soft feathery bristles, 
like feathers, pure white. You can’t get stuck on this 
one. Large flowering size plants .50, specimen clusters 
$1.00 
M. prolifera. A Cuban species which increases by 
many offsets which may be rooted to make new plants. 
The spines are grayish-white and soft. Easily handled. 
Small ones .25, clusters .50 
M. pseudoperbella. The “Monkey Face’ resembles M. 
perbella, but the heads divide so that a fancied re- 
semblance to a simian grimace is sometimes seen. 
Small ones .25 
M. quirobensis. Another fish-hook .25 
M. rhodantha chrysacantha. Large growing many stiff 
grayish-yellow spines, flowers carmine .25 
M. saetigera .25 
M. schiedeana. Small, with short hair-like spines, 
flowers very early from seed, white. Grafted plants .50 
M. sheldont. Rare .40 
M. schmollit. A pretty little one with white radial and 
brown central spine, flowers rose .25, larger .35 
M. sp. nov. No. 686. A new one from Sonora, Mexico 
0 
M. sp. nov. No. 692 .50 
M. sp. nov. No. 693 .50 
M. spinosissima. Meaning spiniest, a mass of rather 
long, fine spines white to reddish, flowers scarlet. Very 
fine .50 
M. standleyi. A rare one from Sonora, Mexico .40 
M. trichacantha. Meaning “hair-like spine,’ because 
of its long weak bristly spines, some hooked and 
brownish .35 
M. uncinata. Flat, dull green body with a short hooked 
spine on each tubercle, flower reddish-white from near 
San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Grows well .25 
M. vaupelii. A fine new species with bright spines, 
some orange red, flowers red. Very desirable .25, 
larger specimens .40 
M. viereckiit, A dwarf one with fine bristly spines, 
flowers in one year from seed, flowers white, freely 
produced, when plant is only one half inch in dia- 
meter .25 

Mamillaria winteriae 
M. wildii, Small with light brown hooked central, 
flowers whitish. Rooted or grafted .35 
M. winteriae. Flattened with large angled tubercles, 
bearing the largest pink flowers that I have ever seen 
on a Mamillaria, fully one inch in diameter. Rare .50 
M. zahniana. Similar to winteriae, but smaller .25 
M. zetlmanniana. A dainty one with brown hooked 
spine .35 
M., zeyertana. Large growing with dense, longish whit- 
ish-gray spines, often reddish or brown .25 
M. zuccariniana. Small bright green tubercles, few 
spines and magenta flower. Rare .75 
MAMILLOPSIS senzlis. A beautiful pure white species 
similar in appearance to the Mamillarias, but having a 
long tubed bright orange-red flower. As it is best when 
grafted we offer fine grafted specimens at .75 
MATUCANA haynes. A rare Peruvian plant with 
long dense silvery to brownish spines and having showy 
red flowers. Attractive grafted specimens $1.25 
MEDIOCACTUS coccineus. A fast growing, climb- 
ing plant, night blooming, easily rooted. Unrooted 
cuttings .35, rooted .50 
MELOCACTUS. Peculiar barrel type cacti topped 
with a flowering head or cephalium from which the 
flowers and fruits appear. Small plants as offered be- 
low have not yet developed this organ, but they are 
well worth including in the exotic collection. 
M. lemairei. A smaller growing ‘“Turk’s Cap,” .40 
M. intortus. The well known ‘“‘Turk’s Cap” from the 
West Indies. Small plants resemble Echinopsis, but 
are distinctive as the body is shaded with green, red 
and bronze topped with tan and brown spines. Fine 
plants .65 
M. melocactus. Plants resemble M. zztortus .50 
M. neryi, From Brazil .75 
MILA &ubeana. A rare species from Lima, Peru, 
which resembles our North American Echinocereus in 
growth habit and flowers. Well grafted plants .75 
MONVILLEA. Slender upright plants closely allied 
to the genus Cereus and having large white night 
blooming flowers. 
M. cavendishit, Free flowering, much branched as it 
grows older. Single stemmed plants .75 
M. diffusa. A tall growing one from Southern Ecuador. 
Twelve inch plants .75 
M. insularis. The most eastern cactus, native to an is- 
land off the coast of Brazil .75 
M. maritima. Similar to the former, but very rare. 
Good specimens $2.00 
M. marmorata. Meaning marbled because of its pecu- 
liarly marked stems. Grafted .75 
M. spegazzinii. Slender gray-green stems with jet black 
spines. Very attractive .40 
MORAWETZIA doelziana. A recently discovered 
Peruvian cactus with white silky hair and reddish 
spines resembling Oreocereus, but is said to bear its 
carmine flowers at an earlier age. Grafted or rooted 
$1.00 

My order of two weeks ago has arrived in excellent 
condition. I'd like to compliment you on the beautiful 
and healthy specimens you raise. The assortment just 
received is the nicest from that standpoint that I have 
yet seen. J. W., Washington, D.C. 
