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Myrtillocactus geometrizans 
MYRTILLOCACTUS cochal. 
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M. goemetrizans. Grows sturdily with a beautiful blue- 
green body .35, smaller .25 
NEOLLOYDIA Jbeguinnii. Has feathery spines when 
young, later long slender silvery tipped with black. 
Small ones .25, larger field grown specimens .75 
N.. conoidea. Pretty seedlings .35 
N. rhaphidacantha. Slender, erect, long tubercled, 
flowers white-yellow .25 
N. texensis. Flowers pink, difficult .20 
NEOPORTERIA. Interesting Chilean plants outstand- 
ing in appearance. As they grow very slowly on their 
own roots we offer nicely grafted specimens only. See 
also the genus Chilenia which is a division formerly 
included in this group. 
N. fusca .75 
N. densis pina. Dense brown spines, a handsome plant, 
grafted .75 
N. senilis. Fine grafted gpecimens $1.00. A beautiful 
brown colored plant with a mass of interwoven spines ; 
flowers large pink. 
N. napina. Nearly spineless, olive-green body, free 
flowering .75 
N. nigricans. Striking describes this bright chocolate- 
black wonder with black spines. Get this one for .80 
N. reichei. An odd one covered with minute pectinate 
spines which do not annoy while handling .40 
N. stumeriana. Good specimens .60 
Large seedling plants 

Notocactus mueller-melcheri 
R. W. KELLY 
N. villosa. Covered with yellowish-brown spines; 
flowers pink, grafted .75 
NOTOCACTUS are without exception the finest, easi- 
est to grow and most reliable blooming of all cacti. 
They are hardy in Southern California, standing several 
degrees of frost and give a beautiful exhibit of flowers 
each season. All except N. haselbergii have large 
bright yellow flowers with a brilliant red stigma in 
the center. 
N. concinnus. Low with soft creamy yellow spines .35 
N. floricomus. Similar to the one above, but with 
brownish spines. Grafted specimens .50 
N. graessnerit. Grafted plants $1.00 
N. haselbergiiz. The only red flowered one of this 
genus, is most attractive with its soft white or creamy 
spines, its freely produced flowers last ten days .75 
N. leninghausii. The “Golden Ball” is most attractive 
with its fine hair-like golden spines. It grows much 
taller than the others in this group .50 
N. mueller-melcheri. Covered with curled yellow and 
reddish spines. Good grafts .75 
N. ottonis. The earliest to flower of the Notocactus. 
Seedlings often flower when one year old. Small ones 
35, larger specimens .75 
N. scopa. The “Silver Ball” with its bright silvery 
spines tipped with red, wins the prize in the platinum 
blond class. Be sure to put this one in your collection. 
Nice plants .35, flowering size .75 
N. submammulosus. A flat strong spined one. Flowers 
large. Blooming size .75 
NYCTOCEREUS serpentinus. ‘Queen of the Night.” 
Noted for the fragrance of its flowers this easily grown 
plant should be in every collection. It makes good 
grafting stock, too. Small plants .25, larger .50 

Nyctocereus serpentinus 
OPUNTIA. The “Prickly Pears’ or “Tunas” as the 
Mexicans call them are most widely distributed of all 
cacti, growing from the Arctic Circle to Patagonia and 
are found in every state in the U. S. except Maine and 
Vermont. We can supply nearly one hundred kinds of 
them, but are listing only a few of the more attractive 
and popular species. Those interested in other kinds 
please ask for special mimeographed list. 
O. aciculata, An attractive one with short golden 
brown spines .35 
