
ODnland Empire Chapter 
THE YOUNG LADY ON THE FIRST PAGE 
is Queen Beatrice, who with her husband, Gerald Barad 
of New York City, were elected reigning monarchs of the 
Ancient Order of Cactus Nuts at the recent Convention of 
the Cactus & Succulent Society of America at Phoenix. They 
will hold the throne until successors are elected at the next 
Convention of the Society in Denver, Colorado, July tenth 
to twelfth, nineteen fifty one. King Gerald and Queen 
Beatrice found our nursery one of the most interesting spots 
in their long tour of the West. 
For over twenty years, the Cactus & Succulent Society of 
America and its affiliated local groups, has been building up 
interest in the growing of cactus and other succulents. The 
twenty volumes of the Cactus & Succulent Journal, now pub- 
lished bi-monthly are a veritable mine of both scientific and 
popular information. Membership in the Society including 
subscription to the Journal, is three dollars per year. Mem- 
bership applications should be sent to the Editor, P. O. Box 
101, Pasadena 16, California. The Editor will be glad to 
send you information on cactus and succulent books. 
Cie Ea iNeGS 
We are celebrating our twenty first year in the cactus and 
succulent growing business by issuing our first retail price list 
in many years. For the past decade, we have been growing 
in quantity for the wholesale trade only. However so many 
of our friends have clamored for us to issue a retail list we 
have broken down. We operate a fifteen acre nursery 
where the mother plants are grown in long field rows and 
cultivated like truck crops. This nursery is noted for being 
weed and pest free. In fact the semi-annual state in- 
spections always give us the highest type of rating. Our 
seedlings and cuttings are grown in various types of houses 
designed to produce plants of great sturdiness along with 
their good looks. It will be our aim to ship our customers 
only the best of stock, properly packed for safe delivery. 
TERMS 
Cash with the order. Prices include packing and delivery 
costs. Our minimum order at listed prices is $2.50. Those 
desiring smaller amounts will please add 25¢ service charge. 
Our wholesale lists will only be sent to those who request it 
upon their business letterhead. 
No C. O. D. orders accepted. 
Remit by check, postal note or money order payable to 
Howard F. Gates. 
Substitutions will not be made when sold out unless per- 
mission to do so is given or second choice is named. 
California customers must add 3°/, to cover sales tax. 
GA Gag 
Aporocactus conzattii. Giant Rat Tail. Pendant branches, much 
heavier than A. flagelliformis with larger flowers. Strong rooted 
cuts 50¢ 
Aporocactus flagelliformis. Rat Tail Cactus. Pendant slender branch- 
es with pink flowers. Rooted cuts 35¢. 
Aporocactus mallisonii. A hybrid with pendant angular branches. 
Pink flowers. Strong rooted cuts 50¢. 
Astrophytum capricorne. Goat's Horn. A Bishop's Cap with quaintly 
twisted spines. Yellow flower with red throat. | inch seedlings 
35¢. 
Astrophytum myriostigma. Bishop's Cap. Spineless, angular plant 
covered with white dots. Yellow flower. 1'/2 inch seedling 35¢. 
Astrophytum ornatum. Star Cactus sometimes called Ornamented 
Bishop's Cap because of its spines Lemon yellow flower. II, 
seedlings.  35¢. 
Brittonia davisii. Davis’ Barrel. A free growing, attractively spined 
Barrel Cactus. Yellow flowers.  I'/ inch seedlings 35¢. 
Cereus hildmannianus. Columnar, bluish with short spines. 3 to 4 
inch seedlings 25¢, 15 inch $1.50. 
Chamaecereus sylvestrii. | Peanut Cactus. Forms dense clusters of 
short branches, red flowers. Rooted cuttings 25¢. 
Cleistocactus areolatus. Fluted columnar branches bearing golden 
brown spines. Flowers red. 3 inch seedlings 35¢. 
Cleistocactus straussii. Silver Torch. Clustering columnar with 
silvery white spines. Red flowers. 3 to 4 inch seedlings 35¢, 
8-10 inch plants $1.00. 
Dolichothele sphaerica. Butter Pin Cushion. Clusters of fleshy pale 
green nipples, yellow flowers.  I!/ inch seedling 35¢. 
Echinocactus grusonii. Golden Ball. One of the cleanest and most 
beautiful globular cactus covered with yellow spines. 8 inch plants 
$15.00. 
Echinocereus ferreirae. One of our introductions from Lower Califor- 
nia. Stout clustering heads, brown to black spines, large pink 
flower with orange throat. Strong rooted cuttings 75¢. 
Echinocereus longispinus. A very pretty, stout headed, clustering 
species from Oklahoma. Densely covered with weak cream to 
brown spines, large pink flower. Very rare in cultivation. 2-3 
inch seedlings 35¢. 3-4 inch rooted cuttings 75¢. 
Echinocereus pensilis. Weeping Echinocereus. Stout green branches 
that when old will hang like a giant Rat Tail Cactus. Light gray 
spines, scarlet flowers. All the known plants of this rare species 
came from our mule back collecting trip high in the mountains of 
the tip of Lower California. 3-5 inch rooted cuttings $1.00. 
Echinopsis calochlora. Shining, yellow-green, globular plant with 
yellow spines, white flower.  I!/, inch 35¢, 2 inch 50¢. 
Echinopsis camplyacantha. Globular with distinctive long incurving 
spines, very large light pink flower. I'/ inch plants 35¢, 4-5 inch 
blooming size plants $2.00. 
Echinopsis multiplex. Pink Easter Lilly Cactus. Globular, brown 
spined, very large pink flowers. 2 inch 35¢, 3 inch 75¢. 
Eriocereus (Harrisia) regelii. Pink Moon Cereus. A climbing, large 
pink flowered night bloomer. 3-4 inch seedlings 35¢. 
Espostoa lanata. Peruvian Old Man. Columnar, covered with silky 
white hair. Always beautiful. 2-3 inch seedlings 35¢. 
Ferocactus townsendianus. A fine globular barrel from the tip of 
Lower California. Easily grown. I!/>-2 inches 35¢. 
Ferocactus vizcainensis. Our own discovery in Lower California. 
When about six inches in diameter, produces very heavy, hooked, 
reddish-brown spines. 1'/,-2 inch 35¢. 
Gymnocalycium saglione. A giant amongst the Chin Cactus. Globu- 
lar, red-brown spines, pink flowers. I!/o inch 35¢, 2 inch 60¢, 
3 inch $1.00. 
Harrisia eriophora. A branching cane cactus. Very large white 
flower, large yellow-orange fruit. 2-3 inch seedlings 25¢. 
Harrisia nashii. Habit similar to above, darker spines, red spineless 
fruits. 2-3 inch seedlings 25¢. 
Lemaireocereus pruinosus. Powder Blue Cereus. Stout angled 
columns covered with whitish powder. 2-2I/. inches 35¢. 
Lobivia backebergii. Green, globular, clustering, nearly spineless 
plants, fine red flowers. I'/ inch 50¢. 
Lobivia binghamiana. Clustering, globular, green plants, freely pro- 
ducing red flowers from 2 inch plants. 50¢. 
Lobivia famatimensis. Cob Cactus. This taller species comes in 
several varieties varying in spine and flower color. We can fur- 
nish several types. I'/p inch 35¢, 2 inch 50g¢. 
Lobivia hertrichiana. _ Clustering, globular, green plants with stout 
spines, bright red flower. I!/2 inch 50¢. 
