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M. hlissingiana. Densely spined like a gray-white ball. 
A beautiful plant but difficult .25 
M. kunzeana. Has hooked spines and white silky hair, 
very similar to M. bocasana, but not quite so hairy. 
Nice ones .20, larger .40 
M. lloydii, Grows into a flattened sphere, spines whit- 
ish to brown, flowers pinkish white .25 
M. martinezii, A dainty ball-like plant densely spined 
with short gray-white spines, very attractive, flowers 
pink. Small .20, larger ones .40 
M. melanocentra. Similar to above, but with black 
spines, flowers reddish .20 each. 

Mamillaria nunezit 
M. microhelia. The “Little Sun” with golden radial 
spines forming dark centrals as it grows older. Very 
pretty .25 and .35 
M. mystax. Grows large with many grayish-red spines 
with many dark red flowers. A fine one. Good size 
ones .50, smaller .35 
M. nunezii. A good grower with many fine white to 
brown spines making fine specimens in a short time .15 
M. orcuttii, Has woolly areoles and white and brown 
spines. A very pretty plant .25 
M. parkinsonii. Attractive white spined with brown 
tipped radials, the heads divide as the plant grows 
older, forming clumps .40, smaller .20 
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.. 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 .15, 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, larger .35 
M. saetigera .25 
M. schmollii. A pretty little one with white radial and 
brown central spine, flowers rose .15, larger .35 
M. sphaerica. A pretty one having bright shiny yellow- 
green long tubercles tipped with weak yellow spines. 
Its flowers are large bright yellow and freely produced. 
Nice seedling plants .35 

M. spinosissima. Meaning spiniest, a mass of rather 
long; fine spines white to reddish, flowers scarlet. Very 
fine .50, smaller .25 
M. standleyi. A rare one from Sonora, Mexico .40 
M. umbrina. Fast growing .15 
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, small .15 
M. vaupeliz. A fine new species with bright spines, 
some orange red, flowers red. Very desirable .25, 
larger specimens .40 
M. viereckii. 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- 
metete.2) 
M. weisingeri. Robust .20 
M. wildii, Small with light brown hooked central, 
flowers whitish .25 
M. winteriae. Flattened with large angled tubercles, 
bearing the largest pink flowers that I have ever seen 
on a Mammillaria, fully one inch in diameter. Rare .20 
M. zahniana. Similar to winteriae, but smaller .25 
M. zeilmanniana. A dainty one with brown hooked 
spine .35 

Mamillaria winteriae 
M. zeyeriana, Large growing with dense, longish whit- 
ish-gray spines, often reddish or brown .25 
MAMILLOPSIS senilis. 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 
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. antonii. Seedlings .50 
M. bahiensis. Seedling .20 
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, smaller .25 
M. lemairei. A smaller growing ‘“Turk’s Cap,” .40 
M. melocactus. Plants resemble M. intortus .50 
M. neryi. From Brazil .75 
MONVILLEA. Slender upright plants closely allied 
to the genus Cereus and having large white night 
blooming flowers. 
