BEAUTIFUL 
UCCULENTS are becoming ever more popular as fanciers become familiar with their odd and 
often beautiful flowers and forms. They are termed ‘‘succulents’’ because of their juicy leaves 
or stems. Nature has provided these to store water to tide them over the long dry seasons of 
their homes which are deserts or dry brushlands. All desert regions do not have succulents. It 
apparently takes a very long time for plants to make such great changes. Thus only those re- 
gions which have become progressively drier over eons of time (in South Africa due probably 
to the slow elevation of a great land mass) have provided the necessary conditions. Probably 
also the fortuitous presence of certain plant families or their progenitors may be involved. The 
most prolific regions are Mexico and South Africa from whence are derived the great bulk of 
our plants. However they are also found in the United States, Central and South America, Arabia, 
all of Africa and the adjacent islands including Madagascar. Scattered species are native to 
Europe, India, China and even Japan. Australia has produced none unless we include Hoya. 
Succulents belong to a diverse group of plant families chiefly Crassulaceae, Aizoaceae (Ice 
Plants) , Euphorbiaceae, Asclepiadaceae (Milk Weeds), Liliaceae (Aloe), Amaryllidaceae (Agave), 
Compositae (Senecio), Portulacaceae (Anacampseros), Geraniaceae, Apocynaceae, Piperaceae. It 
is interesting to know that so many familiar plants in your own gardens and fields have cousins 
in far-away lands that have assumed such bizarre shapes. Mexico has given us such distinctive 
things as Echeveria, Pachyphytum, Sedum, Dudleya, Agave, Nolina, Yucca and numerous other 
similar plants. Africa has an extremely rich flora and some plant families are fabulously prolific. 
PLOVER EGCS 
A fascinating plant with fat, round leaves marbled 
with maroon-red. Everyone will enjoy it. Adromischus 
festivus (Cooperi) requires a sandy, porous soil, sun 
and a well ventilated situation. It is well worth a lit- 
tle extra attention. Dot not overwater. ‘Sun 50 
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PAGODA PLANT 
A lovely green form of 
Crassula perforata. The 
Striped Euphorbia plants grow upright to 
Euphorbia valida is more or less banded in oH b pene ony at 
a zig-zag pattern. A choice collector’s item Beata oat ¥ See Es Ue 
and quite scarce. The plants are either male 8 Boe ae eee Oe 
foes : ily in sun or shade. Nice. 
or female and a pair is needed to produce 3 for 50¢ 
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COBWEB PLANT 
Kleinia tomentosa is a choice col- 
lector’s item. The stems and leaves 
DRAGON TREE are pure white entirely clothed in a 
The famed Dragon’s Blood snowy, downy felt. Grows freely 
Tree, Dracaena Draco,, from branching at the base. Sandy loam, 
Teneriffe. Very attractive. sunny location. Moderate 35c 
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ANACAMPSEROS 
These small plants are most interesting. There are two 
groups one with thick green leaves in rosettes the other 
much rarer with papery, white, overlapping stipules the 
slender stems branching from the base. The first are easily 
grown and bear rather pretty pink blossoms. The others 
are extremely slow in growth and should be kept in a dry, 
light position. 
Anacampseros filamentosa. Pink flowers. 25¢ and 50ce. 
A. lanceolata. Large pink, 35¢. A. rufescens. Pink, 25¢. 
tomentosa. 25c. A. 
SNAKES HEAD EUPHORBIA 
Euphorbia caput medusae 
A handsome flowered species the bracts garnet and 
white forming a cap tipping each arm. It flowers from 
January to April. The plants are much branched mak- 
ing grand specimens. It is a native of South Africa 
and likes a sunny position and a rich but porous soil 
with moderate waterings. 35¢ 
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EUPHORBIA INERMIS Above: sate ease eA 
The heads have long slender arms tipped 
with fragrant white blossoms Culture as above. CHAIN PLANT 
SGaree hu Eac la ler aie eee ee eee eee ed me $1 Tradescantia navicularis. 
An interesting Peruvian spe- 
cies. In summer the stems 
CALICO HEARTS elongate and bear pretty, 
Adromischus maculatus will be one of the gems of pink, 3-petalled blossoms. 
your collection, Easily grown in a light sandy loam. fasy to grow. 
Give moderate waterings with some shade in the hot- ach 5c 
test part of the day. The leaves are beautifully mottled 
with maroon-red. The more sun the Tradescantia zebrina. A 
brighten the Coloring sy gra Clue reer snare sate nertecees 35¢ pretty, large leaved, striped 
form of this popular plant. 
25¢ 
ARGETA PETRENSIS 
A mesemb forming small 
clusters of short, thick, 
blue-green leaves arranged 
in pairs on _ short’ stems. 
Pink flowers. Sandy soil 
and a sunny place. Each 25¢ 
BULBINE 
A small group of lilia- 
ceous plants with long, slen- 
der, terete leaves either 
rosettes or caulescent. Flow- 
ers in terminal racemes yel- 
low or white. Do well in a 
light, loam soil with mod- 
erate waterings. A light or STARFISH FLOWER 
sunny position. Stapelia variegata is the most com- OX TONGUE 
Bulbine caulescens. Small mon of these curious plants. The blos- The Gasterias are fine, easily grown, 
shrub. Flowers yellow. Each soms are 2” across of a peculiarly leath- long-lived plants. The 2-ranked leaves 
40c ery texture, spotted with maroon on a are spotted with white. They thrive in 
Bulbine Triebneri. Small. yellow ground. Flowers freely. Prefers shade. Use a sandy soil preferably with 
Grey leaves. White flowers. @ sunny place. 30 leafmold. Moderate waterings. 35 
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