
5440 VALLEY BLVD. 
LOS ANGELES 32, CALIFORNIA 
PLEASE: Always give us at least a few second choices to select from. It might 
be that the variety you desire is in a dormant condition, or has bloomed too 
heavy to be good for cutting at the particular time that you order it. Sometimes, 
on the rarer sorts, the plants are cut too far back, and we could send you only a 
poor, small cut. When ever that is the case, we must take it upon ourselves to 
substitute for you, rather than ship out inferior cuts, and when we must do this, 
we will always try to substitute something similar, or equally as good, so that we 
believe you will be well pleased. 
TERMS: Cash with order. Postage prepaid in U.S.A. on all retail orders. 
Foreign countries please add 20% to cost of plants, to allow for extra packing and 
postage. Those living in California please do not forget the 212% sales tax. 
No order accepted for less than $1.50 due to cost of shipping. 
PRICES: Quoted according to availability and rarity of plants. Upon request, 
we will furnish you with prices on blooming-size and specimen plants, if you 
state varieties desired (not on the rare ones, please). 
Customers ordering plants to be shipped to freezing climates, do so at their 
own risk. We will pack such orders extra carefully, but we cannot guarantee 
against freezing. 
EXPLANATION: In this list, we are endeavoring to do something new, and 
wherever known to us, we have inserted the name of the originator just after the 
name of the hybrid; also, where known, we have inserted the year the variety 
was introduced, and, in the case of Mr. Curt Knebel, we have given his catalog 
numbers also, since many of his plants were originally imported by number only. 
Many of the Epiphyllum flowers have a contrasting color at the base of the 
central, or inner, petals. This is generally called the “eye” of the flower, or when 
this coloration covers a large area, it is sometimes referred to as the “throat” of 
the flower. 
The “eye” of the plant growth is the areole; that place from whence may grow 
the flower, the new growth, or sometimes the root. It is possible for all three to 
grow from the same “eye,” though not at the same time. The part of the Epiphyl- 
lum often referred to as the “leaf” is not actually a leaf at all, but in reality a stem 
or branch, and should be so-called. 
The color we refer to as purple, is an iridescent color which ranges from cerise, 
through lavender, magenta and violet, to purple, and is almost indescribable in 
its beauty. It is almost electric and each person seems to see it as a different color 
—it actually changes color in different lights. It is sometimes called “electric blue” 
and is the nearest thing to a true blue in the entire cactus family. 
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NOTICE: Since it has been our experience that the largest cuttings make the sturdiest, 
fastest growing plants, and bloom much more quickly, we price all cuttings unrooted but 
of extra size, thus giving added growing speed. 
