Pirtles Cactus Gardeu 
Route 1, Box 240C 
Edinburg, Texas 
This list cancels all previous lists. 
TERMS: Cash with order. Foreign shipments not 
postpaid. Postage to most countries is 14 cents per pound. 
Foreign customers please note and include _ sufficient 
amount to cover postage. 
If some plants ordered are listed F.O.B. and others 
prepaid, and sufficient amount is not sent, we will send 
C.O.D. to cover amount of postage or express on F.O.B. 
items. 
If we do not list plants you want, please write us, as 
we are constantly acquiring new syvecies and may now 
have same. 
We have hundreds of specimen plants, both on own 
roots and grafted, on which we will quote prices if you 
will give approximate size and species wanted. 
_ All orders over $1.00 are postpaid within the United 
States unless otherwise specified. 
While every effort has been made to properly classify 
our plants, we do not guarantee nomenclature given to 
be correct. We have the four volumes of ‘‘Cactaceae”’ by 
Britton & Rose, and are constantly checking up on our 
plants. 
We guarantee safe delivery by express only if furn- 
ished with proper loss and damage report from delivery 
express agent. You must be satisfied. We do ask, however, 
that all complaints be made within 7 days after receipt 
of plants. We do not guarantee germination of seed. Our 
seed are tested before shipment and we will not be liable 
in any case for more than the cost of the seed. 
Please list extra plants when ordering. We usually 
have all the plants listed, but at times may be out of 
some species. We will not substitute unless absolutely 
necessary. 
Our collection was started as a hobby in 1930 and 
has been built up to contain some 2,000 species covering 
about 4 acres. Many plants are 15 to 20 feet high and 
weigh tons. 
Our garden is considered one of the show places of 
the Lower Rio Grande Valley and we have thousands of 
visitors, especially during the winter tourist season. A 
small admission charge is made. 
LOCATION: From Edinburg — Take Highway 107 
east about 3 miles to sign at Morningside Road—then 
south 21% miles to sign at intersection of cross road. From 
Highway 83 (Brownsville Highway)—There is a_ sign 
across railroad track at intersection of Morningside Road 
(Midway between San Juan and Alamo) turn north to 
sign at intersection of cross road, or inquire at any 
Chamber of Commerce or larger filling station for direc- 
tions. 
We issue each month a wholesale price list which 
will be sent only to those writing on business letterhead 
and qualified to get wholesale prices. 
We do not know when another Illustrated Retail 
Catalog will be issued and suggest that you keep this 
catalog for future reference. 
We sometimes have grafted cristates at $1.50 up, 
F.O.B. here. Price varies according to size and rarity. We 
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