SUPPLY 
Our season's supply is the best ever and that’s saying a lot 
because we have grown millions in the past. In spite of the cen- 
solidation of several small firms, Gates is still the largest cactus 
and succulent nursery in California. 
PRICES 
The prices of this list are the same as these of recent lists. We are 
not making any promises regarding the next one. We seem to be 
well into a period when wages, costs and selling prices are chasing 
each other around like a lot of children playing tag. We are in the 
cactus and succulent business because we like to grow them and 
need to make a living, not merely for our health. When the book- 
keeper says rising costs have tagged us, then our prices are going 
up. We know there will be plenty of offers of many kinds of stock in 
unspecified sizes at all kinds of prices, but there is usually a reason. 
We have bit on the lure cf cheap prices and been hooked like a poor 
fish. We are sure that size for size, kind for kind, quality for quality, 
packing, service and all other points considered, we have been and 
will continue to give as good value as any reputable grower. 
UN-ROOTED CUTTINGS 
On the last page we are listing some un-rooted cuttings. This is 
the first time we have ever placed un-rooted stock on this list. We 
are doing it now simply because we do not know where to get the 
material to increase our facilities enough to take care of all the 
crops. That's our hard luck, but if you have any greenhouse space 
to spare during the next few months, it should be your good luck. 
YOU TELL US 
Sometimes orders come in calling for so many cactus at such a 
price and often we think our customer really wants cactus and 
succulents assorted. However if we do ship both types, we are 
sticking our neck cut on the block. There will be less chance of 
error if our customers will note whether rooted or un-rooted on their 
order. The other day the phone buzzed us out cf a day dream and 
the express agent told us he didn’t have any office listed for that 
shipment going to Turkey Creek, where should he send it? If your 
express office is different from your post office, it will help a lot if you 
tell us. Some folks on suburban Long Island are especially careless 
in this respect. 


Chamaecoreus Sylvectrii 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We guarantee satisfaction. If upon opening a shipment, a 
customer feels that we have not sent good quality and fair value, the 
entire shipment cr unsatisfactory portion should be returned to us at 
once by express collect. We will refund purchase price and money 
paid by customer for transportation. 
TRANSIT LOSSES 
We prepare and pack our plants with such care they should 
arrive safely at any time of the year. Claims for losses arising from 
freezing, heating or delay are matiers that must be settled between 
the customer and the transporting agency. 
TERMS 
Cash or Railway Express C.O.D. only. F.O.B. Corona. 
Minimum: Ten plants of a kind, one hundred plants to a 
shipment Orders for less will not be accepted. 
DISCOUNTS 
25 or more plants take the 100 rate. Full count must be ordered 
to receive the 500 and 1000 rates. Orders made up of items at the 10 
or 100 rates take the following discounts: orders totaling 500 plants 
or more, 25c per 100; totaling 1000 or more, 50c per 100. 
LABELING 
We label free with printed labels when requested, BUT ONLY 
WHEN REQUESTED. 
PACKING 
We pack free by a light and secure system which we believe is 
the best in use. Plants are packed bare root. We do nst ship planted 
pots or dishes 
SUBSTITUTIONS 
Unless instructed, we use our judgment in the case of short items. 
WE ARE WHOLESALE ONLY 
“RC” rooted cuttings. “’S” seedlings. 
GROUP “O” 
SUCCULENTS 
$ .45 per 10, $3.50 per 100. $16.25 per 500, $30.00 per 1000 
Crassula hybrid No. 1. Fawn Ears. Branched habit with small, thick, 
reddish leaves. Z-3"’ HC. 
Crassula hybrid No. 2. Teaspoon. Medium sized, spoon shaped thin 
leaves of a reddish bronze tint. 2-3’ RC. 
Crassula tetragona. Oriental Pine. Tiny branching trees with leaves 
arranged in four rows. 2-4’. 
Hereroa nelii. Moose Horns. Shriner’s Plant. Clusters of scimitar 
shaped leaves, many yellow blooms in summer and fall. 
Portulacara afra. Elephant Bush. Stiff reddish stems bearing small 
green leaves. Very useful to give height. 3-4” RC. 
Sedum guatemalense. Christmas Cheer. Erect with fat bean shaped 
leaves often highly tinted with red. 2-3’ RC. 
Sedum pachyphyllum. Jelly beans. Erect with fat blue-green leaves 
bearing red tips. 2-3’ RC. 
Sunrise Collection consisting of the above kinds and such others that 
may be available in this price group. 
