. Kelsey's hardy American plants and Carolina mountain flowers. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. Cactus vhiparus Purple Cactus. STRANGE group of plants, not well known as yet, noted for their odd shapes, equipment of stiff barbed spines, flowers of unrivaled brilliancy, and powers of resisting extremes of both drought and cold. They will not endure stagnant moisture at the roots, how- ever, especially in winter, and a dry situation on banks or in the rockery is, therefore, suitable for their b
. Kelsey's hardy American plants and Carolina mountain flowers. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. Cactus vhiparus Purple Cactus. STRANGE group of plants, not well known as yet, noted for their odd shapes, equipment of stiff barbed spines, flowers of unrivaled brilliancy, and powers of resisting extremes of both drought and cold. They will not endure stagnant moisture at the roots, how- ever, especially in winter, and a dry situation on banks or in the rockery is, therefore, suitable for their best growth, and they thrive in a sandy or rocky limestone soil. Hardy Cacti are also remark- ably free from disease and insect pests, and we predict for them a permanent and important place in garden architecture. We offer some of the best species known. In height they van-, but nearly or quite all are of low or prostrate growth. Lower prices in larger quantities than here offered on application CACTUS missouriensis. Plant dwarf j yellow or salmon flowers, followed by scarlet berries. 15c. ea., $ for 10. viviparus. Purple Cactus. Bright purple, showy flowers, large. Whole plant covered with purple and white cymes. Rare. 60c. ea., $5 for 10. (See illustration.) ECHINOCACTUS simpsoni. Hedge-hog Cactus. Shell pink to bright rose. Plant nearly hidden by different-colored spines. Very beautiful. 35c. ea., S3 for 10. ECHINOCEREUS viridiflorus. Green-Flowered Cereus. Showy. Covered with beau- tiful red, purple and white spines. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. OPUNTIA arenaria. Large yellow flowers. Joints round, with long white- or straw- colored spines. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. (See illustration. ) arborescens. Purple flowers and yellow fruit. Branching, sometimes 6 feet tall. 50c. camanchia. Comanche Cactus. Showy, with yellow flowers and crimson fruit, which hangs till winter. Has long stout spines of many beautiful shades. 40c. ea., for 10. fragilis. Brittle Opuntia. Deep yellow. Very
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