3 BOWIEA VOLUBILIS (Schizobasopsis)—ek(w)(9). Curi- 
ous bulbs that send up tangles of succulent, green-trans-~- 
lucent, leafless stems. Little buff-green flower-stars. Gladi- 
olus culture and winter storage, or may be grown in pots. 
Pkt. 15c (Bulbs, November to May, each 40c). 
1 BOYKINIA JAMESI—rstkt(2)6. An exquisite alpine. The 
flowers, of bright carmine pink, are carried in clusters on 
ax inch stems, well above the shining, toothed foliage. 
Pkt. 25e. 
CACTUS FLOWERS 
Valued alike for lovely blossoms and for bizarre form. 
Strikingly decorative. Flowers may be lemon, golden, cin- 
nabar, pure red, purple, rose, pink, or in varied pastel tones, 
Though mostly grown as pot plants, it will be noted that 
some of the kinds will stand zero temperatures, and with 
slight protection, will winter in northern gardens. 
SELENICEREUS MACDONALDIAE—Queen of the Night. 
A magnificent Cactus, the finest Night-blooming Cereus. 
Twining plants with five-angled stems that need support. 
The flowers appear in summer and are the largest in the 
Cactus family, sometimes fifteen inches across, petals of 
fated white. Young single-stem plants, six inches up, each 
c. 
EPIPHYLLUM PEERLESS HyY- 
BRIDS—w. Phyllocactus. The freest 
flowering of all Cactus groups, and 
perhaps showiest of house _ plants. 
Magnificent blossoms in cream, pink, 
orange, scarlet, crimson, lavender, and 
purple. Oddly flanged plant stems. 
Illustrated opposite. 10 seeds for 
25c; 50 seeds for $1.00. 
CACTUS ORNAMENTAL BLEND—w. 
For pot culture, being mostly not 
hardy outside. Weird and curious stem 
formations, with richly hued and 
feathery flowers, followed by ‘“‘jewel’’ 
fruits. Wonderfully diverse blend, in- 
cluding seeds of a vast number of 
decorative species not described separ- 
ately here. 25 seeds for 15c; 50 for 
25c: 100 for 45c; 500 for $2.00; 1000 for $3.75. 
SEPARATE CACTUS SPECIES—Seeds of many of the bet- 
ter ornamental Cacti, separate species and group blends, 
are offered in our TREASURE CHEST folder, ready in 
February, and sent only to those who request it. 
CACTUS WINTER HARDY KINDS—tThese will stand zero 
temperatures, some of them very much more. When you 
carry them through outside, be sure they are in a well- 
drained position. Then in very late autumn, after pads or 
stems have shrunken and become wrinkled in their natural 
over-winter state, mulch with coarse litter, as cornstalks or 
evergreen boughs, something that will not mat down and 
become soggy. ECHINOCEREUS RIGIDISSIMUS—Cylin- 
ders set with vari-colored bands of spines, cream, yellow, 
rose, maroon-purple, called from them Rainbow Cactus. 
Big showy flowers of many rose-purple petals, yellow at 
base. Pkt. 20c. MAMMILLARIA VIVIPARA—Knobby 
green cushions set with white spines. Vivid flowers of radi- 
ant rose-purple. Pkt. 20c. (Plants each 40c; 3 for $1.10). 
OPUNTIA PHAECANTHA (Comanchica)—Many large flat 
pads, upper half set with needle-like spines. Big flowers 
of bright yellow are followed by sweet and edible purple 
fruits. The pads darken to olive with violet shadings upon 
the approach of winter. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, pads, each 25c; 
3 for 70c). OPUNTIA ARENARIA—Mats of low pads set 
with big red flowers. Prefers sandy soil. Pkt. 15c. OPUN- 
TIA COMPRESSA—Attractive tangles of bright, glossy 
green pads, near spineless. Large flowers of bright lemon 
_yellow. Exceedingly free-blooming. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, pads, 
each 25c; 8 for 70c).k OPUNTIA IMBRICATA—Branching 
stems like thick, green, spine-set rope, in miniature tree 
form. Gay purple flowers. Pkt. 15c. OPUNTIA MACROR- 
HIZA—Piled, thick green pads. Large flowers of creamy 
yellow, each petal with orange-copper basal stain. Pkt. 15c. 
(Plants, pads, each 30c).k OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA—Blue- 
green pads set with long silvery spines. Flowers pale 
lemon, sometimes with faint red suffusion. Pkt. 20c. 
OPUNTIA TORTISPINA—Creeping species with long, 
slender spines and sulfur yellow fruits. Pkt. 15e. OPUNTIA 
RAINBOW HYBRIDS—Varied pad forms and colorings. 
Showy blossoms in cream, yellow, pink, rose, violet. 10 
seeds for 25c. OFFER 125A54—One pkt. each of the above 
hardy species for $1.25. (Where “pads” are offered, these 
are usually unrooted, but plant so lower third is covered 
and they will start right in growing). 

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1 CALANDRINIA UMBELLATA—‘*erdk(8)3. 
purple all summer. Full sun. Rock garden. 
some winter protection. Pkt. 20c. 
2 CALCEOLARIA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w. Giant purse- 
shaped blossoms in freedom beyond belief. Brilliant color- 
ings, from lemon, through gold and brown, to copper and 
crimson, often splashed and tigered contrastingly. Usually 
grown as a window or conservatory pot plant, but can be 
used for outdoor surmmer bedding. Pkt. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
1 CALIFORNIA ROSE—Not a Rose of course, but the love- 
ly double blossoms of soft pink are Rose-like in effect. A 
hardy perennial trailer for large rock garden, bank, terrace 
or odd corner. Pretty much everblooming. Technically the 
California Rose is Convolvulus japonicus fi. pl., but it is 
usually offered as Calystegia pubescens. Supplied as sections 
of root, all necessary to plant. Each 40c; 8 for $1.10. 
$1.10. 
3 CALADIUM FANCY-LEAF 4 
Here is foliage as brightly colored as any flower could 
be. Calla-like leaves in rose, crimson, bronze-purple, trans- 
lucent cream, vivid emerald, all zoned, splashed, margined. 
Makes a showy and desirabe pot plant; also the tubers may 
be planted outside in spring for effective summer bedding. 
Tolerates some shade, but does well enough in full sun. 
Tubers, November through May, each 35c; 3 for 90c; 10 
for $2.65. 
1 CALLIRHOE or WINECUP 
CALLIRHOE PAPAVER—“*crbkt(8)16. In continuous bloom 
May to November. Blossoms are big cups of claret crim- 
son, on upcurved stems, the plants 30 inches across by half 
that height, all a brilliant blaze. Gorgeous sun-loving color 
through heat and drought. Illustrated page 21. Pkt. 15c; 
% oz. 30c. (Plants, each 35c). 
CALLIRHOE INVOLUCRATA—‘*ergekt(3-4)8. Buffalo Rose. 
Hardy, heat-resistant trailer, loaded for two months with 
glowing wine-crimson cups. Drought and sun but make it 
flame more fiercely. Rugs four feet across spread from 
center root-tubers. Rock garden, bedding, bank carpeter. 
Illustrated page 33. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. (Tubers, to be 
planted at once upon receipt, fall or spring, each 30c; 3 
for 75c; 10 for $2.20). 
3 THE CALLA LILIES 4 
As pot plants for winter bloom they are wonderfully 
satisfactory, or they can be handled with equal ease to 
flower in the summer garden. You can’t eat your cake and 
keep it though, for same tubers won’t work both winter and 
summer. In the “off? season rest them in cool cellar in 
dormant or semi-dormant condition. Illustrated page 45. 
Botanically ‘‘Calla” is ZANTEDESCHIA. 
GOLDEN—Z. Elliottiana. Wax-like lustrous golden yellow. 
8 seeds for 20c. (Tubers, Oct. to June, each 35c; 38 for 
$1.00; 10 for $2.90). 
NEW CREAM—Splendid flower-spathes of rich cream. Pkt. 
20c. (Tubers, each 75c). 
THE PINK—Z. Rehmanni. From palest blush, through pure 
pink, to rich rose, or rarely white. Dwarf, compact, flor- 
iferous. Needs less water than the others. 6 seeds for 
25c. (Tubers, blooming size but always smaller than with 
the other Callas, Sept. to June, each 60c; 3 for $1.65). 
SACRED CALLA — Arum palaestinum. 
Flower spathes velvety black-maroon 
within, olive green outside. North, pot 
culture only. 6 seeds for 20c. 
ALBO - MACULATA White flower- 
spathes. Green arrow-shaped leaves, 
white-spotted. Pkt. 20c. 
BLACK-THROAT CALLA—Z. melano- 
leuca. Particularly large flowers of pure 
pale yellow, big velvety black maroon 
blotch within the cornucopia. We con- 
sider this the finest of the Callas. 
Illustrated opposite, 8 seeds for 20c. 
Ca Oct. to June, each 75c; 3 for 
2.00). 
OFFER 62A54—One pkt. each of above 
for $1.00. 
Vivid rose- 
North, needs 

THE WHITE—Z. aethiopica. lLarge- 
flowered, wax-like, fragrant, purest 
white. Splendid pot bulb, or will bloom in garden. Tubers 
only, September to May, each 35c; 3 for 90c. 
THE BLACK—tThis is Arum Pictum, a truly handsome 
plant. Long violet-purple flower-spathe, purple-black 
spadix. Recommended for winter pot culture. Tubers, 
Sept. to Feb., each 40c; 2 for 75c. 
