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O puntia vilts 
O. serpentina. A cylindrical kind whose knobby 
branches twist about in a snaky manner .25 
O. serpentina cristata. A fine crested form of the above 
making odd fan shaped branches .60 
O. sulphurea. A strong spined kind from the high 
Andes of South America so named because of its large 
sulphur yellow flowers .25 
O. turpinit. Has long papery ribbons like the former 
but actually grows to reach three inches in diameter. 
A very rare and recently introduced species. Large 
specimens $1.50 
O. vilis. The small plants grow like little branched 
trees and are very attractive in the bowl or window 
garden .15 
O. vulgaris .25 
OREOCEREUS. From the high Andes Mountains of 
South America comes this group of fine cacti char- 
acterized by sturdy growth and beauty of spine color 
with glistening white hair. These fine cacti should be 
in every collection. 
O. celsianus, Striking with its colorful spines and long 
hair. Needs full sun for best spine and hair growth. 
Some call it the “Old Man of the Andes’’ .50 
Large exhibition specimens $1.00 and $2.00 according 
to size. 
O. fossulatus. Taller and faster growing than the 
former, not quite so hairy. Branches from the base. 
Nice specimens $1.50 
O. trollit. The “Old Man of the Mountains.’’ This is 
the hairiest of the group with reddish spines emerging 
through the dense white wool which serves as a pro- 
tection from frost in its native Peru .35 
OROYA peruviana. A globular species with dense 
shiny golden spines almost concealing the plant body. 
Likes full sun for best spine development. Beautiful 
field grown grafted specimens $1.00, larger exhibition 
specimens $2.00 
PACHYCEREUS. Fast growing, columnar and are 
the easiest for the amateur to grow from seed. 
P. chrysomallus, Has pretty golden spines. A rare 
one .50 
PRICKLY PEAR COLLECTION 
Five of the choicest kinds including Beaver Tail, 
Grizzly Bear, Rabbit Ears, Joseph’s Coat and Boxing 
Glove, a $1.65 value for $1.25 
R. Wo KELLY: 
P. columna trajani. Seedling plants .25 
P. marginatus. The “Pipe Organ” cactus, attractive 
with its sturdy green columns and closely set short 
spines forming a distinct margin along the edges of 
the broad flattened ribs .25 
P. pecten-aboriginum. Meaning ‘Indian Comb’ be- 
cause the natives are said to use the spiny fruits to 
comb their hair .25 
P. pringlei. A giant when old, but has attractive color- 
ing as a small pot plant .25 
PARODIA. Small flattened globular with colorful 
spines and flowers usually flowering when quite small. 
P. aureis pina. Pretty golden hooked spines and flowers. 
“Tom Thumb” .25 
P. maassii, Orange-brown curved spines. Grafted 
plants .75 
P. mutabilis. Grafted plants .75 
P. stuemeri vat. tilcarensis. Flowers clear orange red; 
from Tilcara, Argentina. Seedlings .50 
PENIOCEREUS. Slender blackish stems arise from 
large tuberous roots. The flowers are large, white, 
fragrant and night blooming. 
P. greggii. Nursery grown seedling plants already 
showing the curious underground tubers. Called 
“Queen of the Night’ and night blooming Cereus in 
its native Arizona habitat .75 
P. johnsonit. A rare one similar to the above from 
Lower California, Mexico. Rooted cuttings without 
tubers .50 
PERESKIA pereskia. A primitive form of cactus bear- 
ing true broad leaves; good grafting stock .20 
PERESKIOPSIS porterz. An intermediate evolutionary 
form between Pereskia and Opuntia .30 
PHELLOSPERMA ¢fetrancistra. A Mamillaria like spe- 
cies with hooked spines bearing large pink flowers. 
Difficult unless grafted. Good grafted specimens $1.00 
PILOCEREUS. Columnar often hairy at the growing 
tips with attractive spine formations. Rarities for the 
advanced collector. 
P. arribidae .75 
P. catingicola. From the Brazilian catinga or thorn 
brush country .60 
P. chrysostele. Thick golden yellow spines from the 
state of Pernambuco in Brazil $1.00 
P. fluminense. Bright green short spined. Brazil .60 
P. glaucescens. Blue body with light yellow spines. 
Large ones .75 
P. hoppenstedtit. Fine grafted ones $2.00 
P. phaeacanthus, Another rare Brazilian species .75 
P. salvadorensis .75 
PSEUDOLOBIVIA. Small globular genus related to 
both Echinopsis and Lobivia, but day flowering. 
P, leucorhodantha. Fine rooted or grafted plants .50 
P. lobivioides. Rooted or grafted .50 
PYRRHOCACTUS. Firm flattened globular cacti well 
armed with stiff spines, from the deserts of Chile. 
These rarities for the collector are slow growing un- 
less grafted. The following five species are offered 
in fine grafted plants. 
P. mammillarioides .75, P. soehrensii .50, P. straussi- 
anus .75, P. umadeave .50, P. horridus $1.00 
QUIABENTIA chacoensis. Winner of first prize for 
rarest plant in the National Cactus Show $2.00 
