ECHINOPSIS 
AND ECHINOCEREUS 
ECHINOPSIS or Easter Lily Cacti. These are old garden 
favorites grown all over the world for their glorious lily-like 
blossoms. The plants are native to the mountain regions of South 
America apparently in the better-watered districts for most all like 
moisture. They flower with the greatest profusion almost all summer 
long. In gardens they thrive under the most varied conditions and 
live to a great age, some of my customers writing that they have 
plants well over 25 years old that always bear dozens of their 
beautiful blossoms each season. Plants are generally orange-shaped 
but with age may become tall-cylindric and often have 10-15 flowers 
open at once, every flower in the neighborhood opening on the 
same day! This peculiarity is shared by some orchids. There are 
several distinct types, the most familiar being the Pink Easter 
Lily. More recently introduced are the charming smaller species 
with harmless spines like the illustrated EK. hamatacanthus at right. 
Taller than either is the huge (10%) flowered E, Huottii, which 
seems to offer a connecting link to Trichocereus. The flower of 
some open in the evening but remain open till noon and if 
cloudy all day. 
CULTURE. They like a rich, well-drained loam and during the 
grovting season, plenty of moisture. In our garden, we top-dress 
them each summer with cow manure, They may be wintered in 

HYBRID EASTER LILY 
These fine plants are the result of many 
crosses among our finest varieties and you 
will find them ali very charming plants 
in many shades of pink or white. They are 
vigorous quick-growing plants and because 
of their parentaze, come into flower early. 
Large old-flowering plants 37-4” $1.00. 
Smaller blooming speci:znens 50c. Nice 1” - 
1%” I7c. 
ECHINOPSIS RITTERI. A superb species 
with great ruffled flowers over 10” long 
borne directly in the top of the plant. A 
very rare plant with short spines and 
reaching quite a size. 1” 26c. 
ECHINOPSIS LEUCANTHA. A fine spe- 
cies with long curved spines and numerous 
low ribs. Flowers from pale to pure white. 
Very pretty with wide, overlapping petals 
frilled on the margins! 25ce. 
ECHINOPSIS OBREPANDA. A very rare 
and distinct species with short recurved 
spines and low rounded ribs. Flowers white 
with black hair. 27-3” 50c. 
ECHINOPSIS ALBIFLORA. A charming 
variety with slender tubed, pure white flow- 
ers borne in the greatest abundance. Very 
choice. 27-214” 2Se. 
ECHINOPSIS CALOCHLORA. A fat, rich 
shining green plant with low rounded ribs, 
short flexible spines and handsome ruffled 
white blossoms. Likes some shade and is a 
most attractive plant. 114”-2” 25ce. 
ECHINOPSIS KRATOCHVILIANA. One 
of the prettiest of these small shade-loving 
mountaineers. They are flat-topped with 
many low-angled ribs and tiny spines. 
Found in grassy glades and bears its 
charming white flowers abundantly during 
early summer. 1” 25c. 
WHITE EASTER LILY. Echinopsis tur- 
This 
binata. A _ beautiful species with large 
white flowers! Grows anywhere. Likes 
water and rich soil. Splendid. 1”-2” flow- 
ering 25c. 
ECHINOPSIS BRIDGESII. 
species with 10” blossoms. This most en- 
trancing species is quite rare and well 
worth your attention. Likes a rich soil. 
114” 25¢. 
ECHONOPSIS SYLVESTRII. A very choice 
and rare species. Exquisite snowy blos- 
soms. 2”-3” 40c. 
A tall-growing 

related to others. 
flowering in late spring. 
a cool place. 
PINK EASTER LILY. See color plate, opposite page. 
A very free flowering species that grows well under 
all conditions. 
ECHINOPSIS HUOTTII. 
glorious 
Flowering size 25e. 1”-144” 17e. 
snowy-white frilled blossoms 8”-10”% 
1447-1144”. 2Sc. 

PYGMY ECHINOPSIS 
Echinopsis hamatacantha. % Nat size. 
This dainty little mountaineer spangles the mar- 
gins of grassy glades in the Argentine highlands. The 
blossoms are charming and are borne on the lower 
side of the plants. It grows freely, liking half-shade, 
a rich soil and quite a bit of moisture at all times. 
The flowers are produced in the spring and several 
crops may be expected over a period of two months 
or ‘so. 1” 30c. 
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COLLECTION N 18 
5 ECHINOPSIS 
Such plants as E. Huottii, albiflora, 
Kratochviliana correctly labelled.........0..00...... $1.00 
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ECHINOCEREUS LUTEUS 25c. E. mojavensis 20c. 
E. paucispinus 20c. 
Poselgerianus 20c. E. Ritteri 20c. 
E. strami- 
E. octacanthus 25c. 
Pilosus 25c. E. 
E. Salmianus 20c. E. sarissophorus 25c. 
meus 25c. E. Scheerii 20c. 
COLLECTION N 19 
5 Hedge Hog Cerei all correctly labelled, 
Nice plants 80c. 
At left At right 
CACTUS FRAMES 
Here you see cacti growing 
in outdoor frames at _ our One of the best of the Liv- 
nursery. In this way our plants ing Rocks or mimicry plants 
are grown to insure healthy, rarely having more than 4 
sun-ripened grovth crammed leaves and these appearing like 
with vigor to do their best in shards of 
your window garden. To grow 
our millions of plants well re- even surface and 
quires much painstaking labor speckled gray 
and 20 of us are required to 
keep things going. ing 1”-2” plants. 
a Oe 
A splendid plant bearing 
long! 
is a very distinct Bolivian species not closely 
The plants grow several inches tall 
E. pap- 
AFRICAN LIVING ROCK 
Pleiospilos simulans 
splintered 
even assuming the rough un 
appearance of 
granite. Quick grow- 

HEDGE HOG CEREUS 
Echinocereus pentalophus 
This is a particularly fine species from Mexico, the 
flowers being large and brilliant carmine-rose. 
petal is frilled, the heart of the blossom filled with 
pale yelow stamens from ¥thich a bright green-rayed 
stigma protrudes. The plants form small clusters 
3”-6” branches and make unique pot specimens. Give 
them a rich sandy loam soil. Grow quite easily, 
ing full sun when the buds begin appearing 
in April. An attractive plant at all times 
ECHINOCEREUS 
HEDGE HOG CEREUS 
From Wyoming to Mexico City many a 
rocky slope is bright with the richly col- 
ored blossoms of the Hedge Hog Cerei. The 
brilliant heads of flowers are seen here and 
there amongst the boulders appearing in 
spring. The lovely blossoms range from 
pink to scarlet, purple, crimson or yellow 
often as big as the plants. The petals of 
each cup-shaped flower shine as though 
with frost. : 
CULTURE. They grow easily liking a rich soil 
but one well-drained with plenty of sand. During 
the early summer they like a fair amount of water 
and plenty of sunlight at all times. Rest in a cool 
window or basement during the winter. 
ECHINOCEREUS MERKERI. Handsome 
purple blossoms. A quick-growing, fat- 
stemmed plant branching from below. Grows 
easily liking a rich soil and sunny position. 
A most attractive specimen. 6”-8” clus- 
tered 35c. Fine plants 23c. 
DEVIL’S FINGER. Illustrated on page 23. 
ECHINOCEREUS ACIFER. Rare, oranged 
flowered species. 1144,” 40c. 
ECHINOCEREUS CINERASCENS. Freely 
branching with straight white spines and 
brilliant violet red blossoms. A handsome 
species. 2”-3” 30c. 
ECHINOCEREUS CONGLOMERATUS. A 
beautiful purple blossom. Stems creeping, 
fleshy. 3” 25c. 
ECHINOCEREUS CTENOIDES. A gorge- 
ous many colored flower ranging from yel- 
low to-red. Blossoms extremely large and 
striking. A beauty. Fine blooming plants 
Sah? LCs 
ECHINOCEREUS ENNEACANTHUS. Live- 
ly red blossoms. Plants freely sprouting 
from the base. Nice clusters 35ce. 2”-3” 25c. 
selection 
granite 
peculiar 
20c 

25¢ 
