Temple City, Calif. 
S. multiceps. Called the ‘“‘Baby Joshua Tree’’ because 
of its fancied resemblance to the odd Mojave Desert 
tree, to which it is not even distantly related, but ap- 
pears to be a miniature of it which grows only three 
or four inches high. Unique for landscape effects in 
bowls and small landscapes .20 
S. pachyphyllum. Similar to S. guatemalense but has 
gray-green leaves with pinkish tips .15 
S. stahlii. “Boston Bean” plant, this one is called with 
its reddish brown rounded leaves .15 
S. treleasei, Resembles S. adolphii but has bluish green 
leaves with a trace of pink on the tips .15, crests .35 
SEDUM COLLECTION. Eight of these colorful suc- 
culents for the window box garden, our selection .75 

Sedum multiceps 
SEMPERVIVUM calcareum. A neat little rosette of 
pale gray-green, reddish tipped leaves, edged with 
white .15 
S. braunii. Similar to S. calcareum but with smaller, 
darker leaves .15 
SINOCRASSULA maculata. Small rosettes resembling 
Echeverias, with leaves spotted with brown dots .15 
STAPELIA cantabrigensis. Large reddish-brown hairy 
flower .40 
S. ambigua .25 
S. gigantea. ‘‘Giant Starfish Flower.” One of the larg- 
est blossoms in the world is borne by this odd African 
plant, has been measured 14 inches across. Each .60 
S. hirsuta. “Hairy Starfish Flower’ .25 
S. pulchella. Small mottled stems and flowers .20 
S. variegata, “Starfish Flower.’ Short pointed stems 
bearing curious leathery flowers mottled brown and 
yellow. An African oddity that everyone should have 
.25, crests $1.00 
S. verrucosa. Dainty toothed stems and spotted flowers 
.20 
We have the largest collection of Stapelias in the 
country from the White and Sloane Collection. Ask 
for special list. 
Stapelia Collection. Ten different named species of our 
selection $2.00 
STOMATIUM fulleri. Thick, small toothed leaves, 
grass-green with pale grey dots forming neat clumps. 
Also blooms at night with small light yellow flowers. 
Night flowering plants are rare among the succulents 
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Sedum morganianum 
TAVARESIA grandiflora. This one belongs to the 
Stapelia family but looks like a cactus with its round 
erect stems covered with tiny bristly harmless spines. 
Has a very large bell-shaped flower yellowish with 
brown dots. A real rarity .75 

Stapelia verrucosa 
SUCCULENT COLLECTIONS 
WINDOW GARDEN SPECIAL. All succulents, no 
spiny cacti, of various colored foliage and strange 
shapes, suitable for small pots or the window box 
garden. Eight wonder plants, our selection, a regular 
$1.50 value for only $1.15 
WORLD WIDE COLLECTION. A pleasant surprise 
awaits the buyer of this strange collection of Exotics. 
One fine plant from each of the following countries: 
Canary Islands, Southwest Africa, Yucatan, Madagas- 
car, Mexico, Cape Province (Africa), Little Namaqua- 
land, Natal, Karroo Desert (Africa) and Guatemala. 
All named and labelled, ten of the world’s most cur- 
ious plants $1.85 
