COLD CLIMATE CACTI 
Cultural directions: The following species will bear 
30 degrees below zero, or more, out of doors, but 
must be prepared for it by drying and shriveling in 
advance of winter. Planting in an ample depth of 
9 parts of gravel and coarse sand to one part! of 
good loam, has been found to produce lavish bloom 
and also to provide the requisite drainage. 
Coryphantha vivipara Ball, to 3” or more, showy .- 
carmine flowers, June. 30c; 3, 75c. 
Echinocereus caespitosus Cylindric, with spiny ribs, 
to 4 or 5’, very handsome blossoms of deep laven- 
der. 50c each. 
E. viridiflorus Cylindric, 3 to 4” tall; bright colored 
spines, glossy- green-yellow blossoms, June. 25c; 
3, 60c. 
Opuntia fragilis Brittle Cactus, a pygmy Prickly 
ear, with surprisingly large yellow blossoms, cen- 
tered red, June. Free blooming strains. 25c; 3, 60c. 
O. polyacantha Many-spined Prickly Pear. 4” or 
larger sections, 4’’ silken yellow blooms. 30c; 3, 75¢. 
O. humifusa Sections 4 to 6’’, spines fewer; largest 
of silken yellow flowers, red filaments, late June. 
Ripe “pears” dark red, showy. 30c; 3, 75c. 
Larger specimens of Prickly Pears on quotation. 
SHRUBS 
Amorpha canescens Lead Plant. Low, gray velvety 
effect, with orange-dotted purple fingers_of blos- 
som, June, July. Usually 12 to 25’. 75c. 
Artemisia cana Rather stiff erect gray Sage, to 2 
or 3’. Leaves lance-linear, 1144 inches long. 60c. 
A. filifolia Sand Sage. Very attractive, pleasantly 
fragrant, silvery, much branched bush. 2 to 3’. 50c. 
A. tridentata Sagebrush. Blue-silvered three-tipped 
little leaves, rather erect bushy plant. At its east- 
ern range limit, near Prairie Gem Ranch, heights 
vary from 12 to 30’. Nice fragrance. 75c. 
Atriplex canescens Salt Bush. Gray-green in branch 
and leaf, a broad densely branched bush, to 24”’. 
Conspicuous fruit bracts, gray-green. -60c. 
Cercocarpus montanus Mountain Mahogany. Lit- 
tle toothed leaves slightly grayish, blossoms interest- 
ing, seed plumes silvery silky, reflecting light. 
Pleasing in shrubbery groups. Upright, slow grow- 
ing, ultimately to 8’. $1.00. 
Chrysothamnus graveclens Rabbit Brush. Bright 
green, fine textured bush to 3’ or so, every upper 
branch carrying a head of Goldenrod-like blossom 
in September. ‘Striking seasonal effect. 50c. 
Eurotia lanata White Sage. A sagey appearing 
plant, holding its leaves well into winter, and adding 
white seed tufts in fall. 40c. 
Rhus trilobata Lemonade Sumach. Spreading or 
. more erect bush, usually 2 to 5’, moderately dense, 
dark green. Dark red fruit clusters, magnificent 
autumn leaf coloring. 60c. 
Rose J. W. Fargo <A double wild rose of about 40 
petals and beautiful form, “wholly delightful wild 
rose pink.’ Blossoms in clusters over many weeks, 
mainly July. Usually 12 to 20’’. $1.00. 
