DIAMOND JUBILEE 
CACTUS HANDBOOK 
Our Diamond Jubilee Cactus Handbook cele- 
brates our 75th year in the nursery business. 
It contains a great many color plates of cacti 
and succulents, hundreds of photographs and 
much information on culture such as how to 
water, how to rest your plants, etc. Also notes 
on the native lands of our plants, where they 
are found, how they are named, and the gen- 
eral lore of .cacti. 
There are listings of hundreds of interesting 
plants, together with sizes and prices of avail- 
able supplies. It has been impossible to list in 
our smaller yearly catalogs many items that 
have been available in the past. 
Cactus Handbook. 48 pages. 
Price 
TERMS 
| GUARANTEE SAFE DELIVERY 
ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. OR CANADA 
December shipments via express at custom- 
er’s expense, except for California, Oregon, 
Washington, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mex- 
ico and Texas. These may go parcel post free. 
50¢ packing and postage charge on orders of 
less than $3. 
oa postage charge on orders from $3 to 
Free delivery on orders of $5 or more. 
How to remit: By check, postal note, money 
order or stamps. 
No C.0O.D. orders accepted. 
How we ship: By parcel post, which delivers 
direct to your door. All plants are passed by 
State Horticultural Inspectors to insure freedom 
from insects pests. They are packed by experts 
in especially made boxes heavily insulated from 
cold and clearly marked: “Rush—Perishable— 
Tender Plants.”’ 
Our guarantee is for safe delivery. We can- 
not undertake to make good plants lost through 
improper care. If plants are injured in transit 
and we are notified immediately, we will give 
credit for all damaged items. 
PLASTIC LABELS 
Permanent labels for plants poses a very dif- 
ficult problem for the collector. Wooden labels 
while quite satisfactory do not of course last 
indefinitely. These plastic labels last for many 
years and outside of copper or zinc labels, 
which are difficult to affix to the plant, are 
the best solution | have found to date. Lead 
pencil writing lasts very well indoors or in the 
greenhouse. Outdoors it eventually weathers 
off. Grease pencils are useless. Water proof 
india drawing ink has proven the best medium 
for permanent labeling. 
3¥2"xY2" Plastic pot labels. Per 100....$1.25 
4° X55 Us; Per? 100) 2 eee ee anon $1.50 
4V2"x7". Large, shaped labels for outdoors 
or pots. Per 100 
NEW SOUTH AMERICAN 
CACTI 
We have many new species and some new 
genera of cacti from our 1951-1952 expedi- 
tion to Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. These 
plants will be ready, in some instances, during 
the latter part of 1953 in nice seedlings. Seed 
was secured of almost all plants encountered 
though in limited quantities and all were 
sown during 1952. Eventually we hope to 
distribute all of the new finds as well as 
many older species long absent from collec- 
tions. Some cactus seeds germinate readily 
others such as Browningia, Oroya, Armatocer- 
eus etc., may fail to germinate except quite 
erratically and can seldom be depended upon. 
Many of the new plants are novel and will 
interest the collector. Some form lovely small 
plants. 
selves use. 
JOHNSON’S CACTUS FOOD 
A very effective fertilizer with a good 
organic base, the ingredients of which are 
blended and proportioned to help your plants 
to make normal matured flowering growth. It 
is not a soluble fertilizer but should be scat- 
tered over the soil, a level teaspoonful to a 
4-inch pot, three or four times during the 
growing season after the plants are well estab- 
lished. 
Use only during the growing season. Light 
applications once a month are more effective 
than heavy applications. 
BZ =OUNCCd Bag ceo eee ence eecc ee 50c 
2=pound» Bag) ae-: 5 teres aee sc oeees Sonne $1.00 
ROOTWELL 
Want to raise Cactus cuttings? Our new 
hormone powder for rooting refractory cut- 
tings of all kinds designed particularly for 
quickly rooting Cacti and Succulents. Sterilizes 
the cut surface and induces luxuriant growth 
of roots. Apply dry with finger to fresh cuf. 
Full Directions. Per Package.....................- 50c 
JOHNSON’S VITAMIN BI 
Works miracles on cacti, often bringing 
refractory plants into bloom. Don’t fail to use 
this wonder working solution. Our customers 
report success, particularly when used on old 
plants. Also to stimulate new root growth 
after transplanting. 
75 Double Strength Tablets, with full instruc- 
tionsetorm Cactin Bottles. ee ti ecco: 50c 
CACTUS AND SUCCULENT 
SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
The Cactus and Succulent Society was organ- 
ized more than 20 years ago to bring together 
those interested in these extraordinary *plants 
and to publish a magazine which would pro- 
vide a forum for the exchange of information 
and for the publishing of new species and sci- 
entific data. The Journal, under the competent 
editorship of Scott Haselton, has well achieved 
these aims, and today is the world’s foremost 
publication about these plants. 
Everyone is invited to join the Society and 
to receive this splendidly illustrated magazine. 
It has many articles on new plants, stories on 
exploration trips to new localities, articles on 
culture, news of affiliated Cactus Clubs in 
every region of the U. S. Everyone interested 
in Cacti and Succulents will continue to find 
this a most interesting magazine. 
Membership and Journal— 
Six double issues a year-...............--.--. $3.00 
EuropelandsAtrica steers s-sere een eee $3.50 
CACTUS HELPS 
COLLECTION S100 
Items to make the growing of your plants 
easier and more enjoyable. Included here are 
all the things to root and grow your plants 
except loam and sand. Sand may be purchased 
from poultry houses or builders. Loam from 
garden or hillside. 
Book, ‘‘Cacti and Succulents and How to 
Grow Them.”’ 
75¢ package Cactus Compost. 
Johnson’s Cactus Food. 
Johnson’s Cactus Soil Conditioner. 
Quart of Cactus Hardwood Charcoal. 
Bottle of Johnson’s Bl Tablets. 
50 Painted Wooden Plant Labels. 
Items to Make Cactus Growing 
7 Easy; Postpaid: 2 ee $3.00 
SUPPLIES FOR CACTI 
Few things are needed in the growing of cacti more than interest and 
a desire to form an increasing collection of them. However, for the city 
dweller and more serious collector | am offering a few things that may 
make their culture easier. The things we offer are the things we our- 
JOHNSON’S CACTUS SOIL 
CONDITIONER 
Of great assistance in keeping cacti in good 
health, it is designed to add the minerals ordi- 
nary garden soils often lack. Desert soils are 
often high in mineral content, for there is little 
rain to leach them away. A spoonful of my 
Conditioner placed about a Cactus plant and 
stirred lightly into the soil will often bring an 
ailing one back to health. Mix it with your 
potting soils. 
Small Size, 10 Ounces, Postpaid................ 60c 
Large Size, 32 Ounces, Postpaid............ $1.00 
JOHNSON’S CACTUS COMPOST 
Mix With Your Own Sand and Soil 
An economical compost for Cacti and Succu- 
lents which when mixed with equal or larger 
quantities of both sand and light loam makes a 
very suitable soil for all desert plants. Com- 
posed of our recleaned sclerophyllous leafmold, 
lime, gypsum in the proper proportions for all 
potted cacti. A light and bulky mixture, the 
same as we use in our own potting soils for 
both seedling and specimen plants. 
Per Peck, Postpaid 22-22) eee $1.95 
Pints or 2 Pounds to Make 6-10 75 
4 Quarts of Potting Soil. Postpaid... ¢c 
OUR SPECIAL CACTUS LEAFMOLD 
A recleaned, sclerophyllous desert leafmold, 
sifted, light and dry. Mixed with equal parts 
of both sand and loam, it makes a fine, eco- 
nomical cactus soil. 
Pints or 2 Pounds to Make 6-10 70 
4 Quarts of Potting Soil. Postpaid......... Cc 
HARDWOOD CACTUS CHARCOAL 
Useful in keeping cactus soils sweet and 
aerated. Helpful in heavy soil. 
Per Quart .....4..52 2 eee 40c 
CACTUS INSECTICIDES 
Our special instruction sheet describing com- 
mon cactus pests and treatment, with spray 
formulas. We recommend Red Arrow Spray as 
effective and non-injurious to cacti or other 
house or garden plants. 
Instruction Sheet and Bottle of Red Arrow 
Spray. Postpaid... eee 40c 
VOLCK SPRAY. An oil spray recommended 
for any kind of scale insect and for mealy bug. 
These two insects are hard to kill as they have 
a waxy covering which repels water. We have 
used it for years, but only recently has it been 
put up in small bottles. 4-ounce bottle pre- 
paid (with orders only) with chart describing, 
cactus pests. Full instructions for use_......... 50c 
BLACK ROT PREVENTIVE 
With light waterings, fresh air and sun, rot 
will not appear. If through too much watering 
plants turn black and watery its spread may be 
checked by saturating the top soil with a 
Semesan solution. It is useful also to spray tiny 
seedlings to prevent ‘‘damping off’ or rotting. 
1/3-ounce envelope, with cactus instruc- 
tions 
2-ounce pkg., with cactus instructions....50¢ 
PLANT CHEM SALTS 
Cacti grown in pure sand and watered regu- 
larly with this nutrient solution make healthy 
vigorous growth. An occasional watering of all 
your house plants will supply the rare minerals 
sometimes lacking. 
16-galion pkg., with full instructions......30¢ 
100-gallon pkg., with full instructions..$1.10 
400-gallon pkg., with full instructions..$2.10 
