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CACTUS BOOKS 
These fascinating plants have a most interesting and comprehensive literature. 
You are 
missing half the pleasure of this amazing hobby if you do not have these illustrated and in 
structive reference books to turn to when you want to learn further about your acquisitions 
or intended purchases. 
You will learn more about the countries from which they come, about 
the conditions under which they grow and what other amateurs have learned abcut them. 
Books are getting scarcer and in the past year many have been sold out and are not available. 
THE CULTIVATION OF SUCCULENTS 
A splendid book by Europe’s greatest cultiva- 
tor of Succulents, H. Jacobsen, Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens, Kiel, Germany. Full notes on 
the home of Succulents, their growth forms 
and how they live, uses, cultivation, seed set- 
ting and sowing, leaf and cutting propagation. 
pests, etc. A real guide to 1 25 
Succulent culture. Cloth bound........... $ ° 
THE STUDY OF CACTI 
By Vera Higgins, M.A., F.L.S. 
For those who want to know more about 
their. plants. This is a simply written book, 
easily understood by the beginner, yet at the 
same time is technically accurate. Fine chap- 
ters on cultivation, on why plants have Latin 
names, descriptions of cactus genera or groups 
and classification. If you really want to know 
the why and the wherefore, this is your book. 
Revised 1946 edition. Postpaid.................. $3.00 
MAMILLARIA HANDBOOK 
A complete book about these interesting 
cacti. 390 pages, 300 fine illustrations and .de- 
scriptions of all known species. A complete 
bibliography and annotated list of all pub- 
lished names for the past 150 years. 
By Dr. Robt. T. Craig. Postpaid............. $7.70 
BRAZIL AND ITS COLUMNAR CACTI 
A splendid account of a trip through Brazil 
looking for Cacti by a famous 
botanist, Dr. Werdermann. Postpaid..... $3.1 5 
CACTUS AND SUCCULENT JOURNAL 
Join the Cactus and Succulent Society of 
America and receive the monthly illustrated 
journal. 
BE HL 
Subscripton and Membership, 
RO OIE anaes duc keen he ee 
ORCHID CACTI 
EPIPHYLLUM HANDBOOK 
A splendidly illustrated new book on these 
popular plants, many pictures in color. Their 
history and culture and all about them. 240 
pages, 190 illustrations, 
11 color plates. Postpaid..................... $3.95 
THE STAPELIEAE 
All there is to know about the Starfish Flow- 
ers and their allies. 1,233 photos and many 
colored plates. Three deluxe volumes, 1,200 
pages. Buckrum binding. 
Express collect.+ 5-2. | As*eaeaaee, $1 2.50 
THE EUPHORBIEAE 
Two new volumes on the succulent South 
African Euphorbias. 1,000 pages, 1,100 photos. 
A real manual. ct Pak ee $12.00 
Express ‘collect: 
CULTURE FOLDERS 
A series of small folders in which | have de- 
scribed the general care of special groups of 
succulents, etc. 
Stonefaces and other Mimicry Plants. Their 
culturesand: other notes tenes eee 10¢ 
Starfish Flowers. How to care for a collec- 
tion; propagation, ete, 2 ae eee 10c 
Euphorbias. Their culture and growth...... 10¢ 
Mexican Succulents. Echeveria, Pachyphy- 
turmmete es Theit. Care.25 02s. ens ee ene 10c 
Epiphyllums and other shade loving Cacti. 
Their care and flowering...............-.....---...-.-- 10c 
THE BEGONIAN 
A monthly 24 page illustrated magazine de- 
voted to Begonias and other shade loving 
plants. Address: The Begonian, 1618 Ficke- 
worth Avenue, El Monte, California. 
Subscription and membership............... $1.50 
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RED DRAGON FLOWER 
The pretty Huernia Schneideriana bears deli- 
cately beautiful flowers with velvety red petals 
and black center. Fiowers all Summer, moder- 
ate waterings. Sun or semi-shade. 
Plants 35¢ and.......,.......0eeeea 25¢ 
CEROPEGIA 
The Ceropegias are trailing, climbing or 
shrubby plants with odd, often beautiful blos- 
soms. Some have tubers, others fleshy roots. 
Enjoy a light rich loam soil and moderate to 
plenty of water when growing. Sun or shade. 
Ceropegia Barkleyi. Leaves silver marked. 
35c. C. caffrorum. Long pendant stems. Tuber- 
ous. Each, 40c. C. debilis. Narrow leaves on 
long pendant stems. 35¢. C. radicans. Lovely 
large white, chocolate and green flowers. 
Fleshy roots. 50c. CC. Sandersonii. Handsome 
spotted large white flowers looking like para- 
chutes. Vigorous climber. Rare. 75c. 
GCASTERIA 
These are handsome succulents, generally 
with spotted or mottled leaves. Fine for speci- 
mens. There are a great many kinds. 
Gasteria acinacifolia. Lovely marked leaves. 
50c. G. Armstrongii. Curious thick recurved 
leaves. 50c. G, carinata. Very large grower. 50¢c. 
G. Herreana. New. Mottled. 50¢. G. conspur- 
cata. 50c. G. maculata. 50c. G. trigona. 50c. 
G. verrucosa. 50c, 
