*THE BUTTER-DAISY 
All of a shining, glistening butter-yellow are the wide, 
ragged, over-lapping petals of the Butter Daisy, these circling 
small, fluffy yellow centers. It grows to 40 inches, and it is 
full of bloom June until into November. A splendid cut 
flower. Illustrated page 3. It is VERBESINA ENCELIODES. 
An easy and quick annual flower. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
*PAINT-BRUSH FLOWER 
The blossoms of CACALIA are tufted fluffy tassels that 
seem to have been dipped in paints of vivid red or of golden 
orange. A gay and easy annual, in bloom for months. 
Botanically Emilia sagittata. ecx(8)25. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 og. 20c. 
CACTUS FLOWERS 
Lovely blossoms are here, along with bizarre, decorative 
foliage forms. The flowers may be lemon, golden, cinnabar, 
pure red, purple, rose, pink, or in pastel tones, and in 
few plants are they more showy. Though mostly grown as 
pot plants, it will be noted that some of the kinds, with 
slight protection, will winter in northern gardens, 
EPIPHYLLUM PEERLESS HYBRIDS— 
w. Phyllocactus. Certainly the freest flow- 
ering of any Cactus group, and perhaps 
the showiest in bloom among all house 
plants, are these, the Epiphyllums, illus- 
trated opposite. Magnificent blossoms in 
cream, pink, orange, scarlet, crimson, 
lavender and purple. 10 seeds for 25¢; 50 
seeds for $1.00. 
EPIPHYLLUM PLANT CUTTINGS—We 
offer cuttings, mostly unrooted, at 3 cute 
tings for $1.10 each of the 3 different as 
to color of flower, but colors not specified 
or marked, or single cuttings will be sup- 
plied at 40c each, no choice of flower color 
but all good. Plant in dry sand or sandy 
potting soil, and give no water until roots 
begin to form. 
SELENICEREUS MACDONALDIAE—A magnificent species 
is the Queen of the Night, by far the finest night-blooming 
Cereus. The blossoms come in spring, snowy white, sometimes 
fifteen inches across, the largest in the Cactus family. Single- 
stem plants five inches up at each 60c; 3 for $1.60. 
CHRISTMAS CACTUS—Zygocactus truncatus. Handsome 
flowers, rose-salmon to red, come in early winter, often be- 
ginning about Christmas. Tangles of odd, flat branchings. 
Plants, each 50e. 
NYCTOCEREUS SERPENTINUS—Showy fragrant flowers, 
three inches across, blush-suffused white within, rose-shaded 
without, are carried on cylindrical, bright green stems that 
twine and clamber. Should be staked. Good young plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
EASTER LILY CACTUS—Echinopsis Hy- 
brids. The plants are shaped liked ridged, 
somewhat spiny, semi-globes. The beauty is 
in the flower, big, bright blossoms pink, 
white and shades of rose that come in easy 
profusion. The diameter of the flower is 
often as great as that of the plant itself. 
Illustrated opposite. Mixed colors.. Seeds, 
per pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
SEPARATE CACTUS GROUPS—We can 
supply seeds of the following Cactus groups 
at uniform price of 20c the pkt., 3 pkts. for 
AS At 50c, number of seeds per packet running 
3 aN from 10 to 20 according to kind. Astro- 
; : phytum Mixed; Cephalocereus senilis; Cer- 
KS * eus Mixed; Coryphantha Mixed; Carnegia 
= 



i x y ; 4S 
R i | Oe 
di 
Wa ~ gigantea; Echinocereus Mixed; Echinopsis 
Mixed; Ferocactus Mixed; Ferocactus Wislizeni; Gymnocaly- 
cium Mixed; Harrisia Mixed; Lobivia Mixed; Mammillaria 
Mixed; Melocactus intortus; Monvillea Mixed; Notocactus 
Mixed; Thelocactus Mixed; Trichocereus Mixed. OFFER 
38A7—One pkt. each of the above 18 for $3.00. 
CACTUS ORNAMENTAL BLEND—w. Most of the kinds 
included are ones not winter-hardy north, so intended chiefly 
for pot culture. Weird and curious stem formations, with 
richly hued, feathery flowers, followed by ‘“‘jewel’’ fruits. 
Wonderfully diverse blend, including all sections save 
Epiphyllum and Selenicereus. 25 seeds for 15c; 50 for 25c; 
100 for 45c; 500 for $2.00; 1000 for $3.75. 
CACTUS WINTER-HARDY KINDS—Here are year-around 
kinds for your garden, species that will endure much cold, 
some of them temperatures well below zero. When you carry 
them through outside, be sure they are in a well-drained 
position. Then in late autumn, after the pads and stems have 
shrunken and wrinkled to their natural Oover-winter state, 
mulch with coarse litter, as cornstalks or evergreen boughs, 
something that will not mat down and become soggy. ‘“‘kt’”’ 
culture MAMMILLARIA VIVIPARA—Grouped, tufted green 
cushions, spiny, knobby, set with vivid flowers of radiant 
rose purple. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.40. ECHINOCEREUS RIGIDISSIMUS—Cylinders 
with vari-colored spine-bands, cream, yellow, rose, maroon- 
purple, called from them Rainbow Cactus. Showy flowers of 
rose-purple, the petals yellow at the base. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. ECHINOCEREUS ENGELMANNI—Strawberry 
Cactus. Large flowers, pink to rose-purple are carried on the 
clustered, ridged stem-cylinders. Bright red fruits, edible, 
delicious. This species bears cold to only about 10 above 
zero, so should have careful winter protection in colder areas. 
Pkt. 25c. OPUNTIA PHAECANTHA—Large flat pads set 
with needle spines. Big, bright yellow flowers are followed by” 
purple fruits. Pkt. 20c. Plants, pads, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA—FPiled, thick green pads. Large 
flowers of creamy yellow, petal bases stained copper orange. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, pad cuttings, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for 
$3.60. OPUNTIA IMBRICATA—A strikingly different and 
weirdly beautiful plant for your rock garden or hardy 
perennial border. It grows in minature tree form, trunk and 
leafless branches all round and rough, looking for all the 
world like green, twisted ropes, set here and there with 
spines. Gay purple flowers. Fully winter-hardy at Old Orchard. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, branched and well rooted, each 50c; 3 for 
$1.40; 10 for $4.00. OPUNTIA COMPRESSA—Tangles of 
glossy green pads, near to spineless. Attractive flowers of 
bright lemon yellow. Exceedingly free-blooming. Particularly 
hardy. Pkt. 15c. Plants, pad cuttings, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA—Blue-green pads, set with sil- 
very spines. Flowers pale lemon, sometimes with faint red 
suffusion. Pkt. 20c. OPUNTIA TORTISPINA—Creeping 
species with purple-shaded pads and long, slender spines. 
Yellow fruits. Pkt. 20c. Plants, pad cuttings, each 465c. 
OPUNTIA RAINBOW HYBRIDS—Varied pad forms and 
colorings. Showy blossoms in cream, yellow, pink, rose and 
violet. 7 seeds for 25c. OFFER 36A7—One pkt. each of above 
as offered in seeds, for $1.55. OFFER 39AN7—One plant each 
of the six so offered above, for $2.45. 
3 CALADIUM FANCY-LEAF 4 
Rose, crimson, bronze-purple, translucent cream, vivid 
emerald, all zoned, splashed and margined are the Calla- 
like leaves, as bright and showy as any blossom could be. 
A colorful pot plant or tubers may be planted outside in spring 
for effective summer bedding. Tubers, November through May, 
fine mixture, each 35c; 8 for 95c; 10 for $2.90. 
Sophistication is the beginning of retrogression. It is 
the naive who grow. 

[15 ] 
* CALANDRINIA GRANDIFLORA—edx (2-3)30. Each flower 
is a two-inch width of gorgeous rose-purple, and they appear 
for months, carried high over branching rosettes of thick, 
succulent foliage, green with hint of silvering. Drought- 
resistant. Full sun. Though usually handled as an annual, 
this Calandrinia is really a tender perennial, and may also be 
grown as a pretty much everblooming pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
1 CALANDRINIA UMBELLATA—*erdk(9)3. You may treat 
this as a rock garden perennial if you wish, giving it a hot 
dry place, with, in winter, the favor of a straw or leaf 
overcoat, and then it will each year flame anew for months - 
of glowing purple blossom-fire. If you prefer not to bother 
with the trifle of extra care needed for its perennial bonus, 
then it is easy to consider, and handle it as an annual, for 
it comes into bloom in just a few weeks after the seed is 
sown. From dry coastlands of Peru. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
4 CALATHEA INSIGNIS—w. Decorative exotie for the large 
greenhouse. Big, yellow-green leaves, blotched and margined 
olive. Below, the leaves are maroon. Pkt. 25c. 
2 CALCEOLARIA PEERLESS HYBRIDS—w. The big pocket 
or purse shaped blossoms are carried in a long, profuse 
freedom that makes Calceolaria notable among pot plants. 
Brilliant colorings, from lemon, through gold and brown, te 
copper and crimson, often splashed and tigered contrastingly. 
Usually grown as a window or conservatory plant, but can 
be used for outdoor summer bedding. Pkt. 50c; 3 pkts. for 
$1.40. 

