U.S. Department of Agriculture 
BARGAIN LIST 
CACTI AND SUCCULENTS 
Desert Garden Nursery 
401 E. 110th Street 
Los Angeles 61, Calif. 
Growing and collecting CACTI and SUCCULENTS 
for mail-order customers since 1930. 
CACTI - the world’s most fascinating, and strange 
family of plants; native only to south-western Amer- 
ica and some S. W. Pacific islands. 
A few species are found in the U.S. as far north 
as Montana, but the locale of origin, undoubtedly is, 
the great south-west of the U.S.: Lower Calif., and 
western Mexico—the central American countries and 
northern Pacific coastal areas of S. America. 
While many species are found in hot, arid places, 
they are mistakenly considered by many people to 
be indigenous to stricly, desert country. They must 
have better than pure sand in which to thrive, and 
this “better place” is the edge of the desert stretches, 
the foothill country adjacent to sandy deserts, also 
the rolling, rocky terrain of the western coastal areas. 
I have collected and propagated these unpredict- 
able, nature’s oddities for over 30 years, the last 20 
of which, I have depended upon the help received 
from mail-order sales throughout America. Folks like 
you, who, by buying a few plants from me thru the 
years, have made it possible for me to carry on and 
attain this over-sized hobby-over 200,000 plants, all 
waiting for new homes. 
I have had the great privilege of sending many 
thousands of these wonderful plants, thru the mails, 
to homes, from Alaska to Florida; and others to foreign 
countries. Miniature cacti and succulent plants, estab- 
lished in small pottery or grouped in “Dish-gardens” 
have brought no little cheer to many shut-ins that are 
in my books as customers and in my heart as friends. 
Some, perhaps too few, but some, have found their 
way to prisoner's cells, and I am certain, brought 
with them, a smile from God. Can I send a few to 
your 
Thanks, 
Roy C. Foote (Cactus Jack) 
A few selected BARGAINS in OUT-DOOR GROWN, 
CACTI plants. 
All plants are free of disease — from California 
licensed Nursery. 
1. Opuntia mycradasys (Rabbit ears). Oval-fuzzy- 
yellow pads, small, 8¢, larger, 23 ¢. 
2. Op-dejectii (Devil’s knife). Spiney, wicked CAC- 
TUS, but odd - and has red, rose-bud flowers, then, 
edible fruits. Sm. - 8¢. Lg. - 15¢. 
3. Op-monacantha. Fine, upright Cactus. Few 
spines. Showy, yellow flowers. Sm. - 8¢. Lg. - 15¢. 
4. Op-leucotrichii. (Old woman Cactus) developes 
rather long, close-set covering of silvery-grey, hair- 
like spines. Sm. - 6¢. Lg. - 18¢. 
5. Op-arborescens. (Chain Cactus) Firm-knobby, 
branches. R-flrs. Lg. 15¢. Sm. 9¢. 
6. Really worth it - 10 small opuntias for 65¢. 
7. (Wagon-wheel). Op-discata. Grows large, oval 
slabs or thick disks, often 24 inches across. Handsome 
show-plant. Deep-red flowers. Each large pad is 
healed where detached from parent plant and ready 
to stand in coarse soil and grow. Ea. - 50¢ plus 50¢ 
postage and packing, or just 50¢ with any order of 
$2.50 or more. 
8. Peanut cactus. (Chamaecereus sylvestrii). Grows 
in dense clusters. Starting, deep, red flowers. Ea. - 12¢. 
9. Cereus monstrosus. Husky, misshaped plant. A 
freak of nature, sm. - 35¢; a few at $5. They can be 
worth as much as $50. 
10. Echinopsis multiplex (Hedge-hog cactus) Sm. 
globe-shaped barrel cactus, having large, orchid-like, 
pink flowers. They cluster. Lg. - 22¢. Sm. 12¢. 
11. Echinopsis tubiflora. Simular to No. 10 except 
with white flowers. 
12. Epiphyllum latifrons. (Phyllo or Orchid cactus). 
Spineless, excellent potted plants. Pond-lily type. 
Flowers - white. Average 6 in. plt. 35¢. Sm. 10¢. 
13. Nytocereus serpentinus. Thick stemmed, up- 
right, harmless spined, night flowering, beautiful 
cactus. Sm. plt. - 15¢. Lg. - 28¢. 
14. Selenicereus macdonaldiae. (Oueen of the 
night). Flowers often 20 inches across. White with 
golden center. 3 to 6 inch plt. - 18¢. Lg. 40¢. 
NOTE. All cacti plants require fair garden soil. 
Gravely, coarse sand or old plaster with soil is fine. 
Leaf mold or humus added, excellent. To be safe - 
use no fertilizers except bone meal. None on the spiney 
types except - cereus, epiphyllums, phyllos, and 
Xmas cacti.. 
15. Cereus peruvianus. (Peruvian apple). Sm. - 15¢. 
Lg. - 35¢. ; 
16. Real cactus garden. “I'll select 15 different, fine, 
(all will bloom) plants for you. Selected for contrast 
and oddity - globular, cindrical, spiny, no spines, and 
fuzzy — all for $1.50.” 
Do not allow cacti plants to continually have wet 
feet. Don’t let them stand in concrete. Coarse sand, 
gravel or broken plaster with garden soil makes them 
happy. They are very easy to grow and will bring 
ig yen many surprises in unexpected growths and 
uds. 
17. Cactus cuttings. 25 true cacti catings. Have all 
been healed and are ready to commence growing 
when planted in soil with a little coarse sand under 
each one. All for 75¢. 
18. Cacti seeds. A generous quantity of select, mixed 
kinds, with easy growing directions. 25¢. 
19. The Christmas or Easter cactus. Flowers freely 
around Xmas or Easter seasons. 2 small plts. - 25¢. 
SUCCULENTS (def., “Webster” - juicy.) 
All CACTI are SUCCULENTS, but all SUCCU- 
LENTS are, by no means, CACTI. When we refer to 
a juicy stem plant or to a fat, SUCCULENT leafet 
plant, we do not mean CACTI but do mean, SUC- 
CULENTS. For example, the so called “hen and 
chickens”, (Echeveria secunda glauca.) These sun- 
loving (many of them exotic) plants, so free-flower- 
ing. and with great diversion in colors of plants as 
well as flowers, are fast becoming a MUST in every 
Americen plant lover's garden or window sill. They 
are not particular about soil values as are other plants, 
