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NUMBER 80.

SEPTEMBER, 1895.

PARTRIDGH-BREAST ALOE.

ARIBGATA Linnaeus. An African )
“eat beauty, producing spikes of bril- CEREUS EMORYI Engelmann. This is one

| red flowers. It is found in many |°f the best-known of California acti, the
med gardens and receives its com- slender, thickly-set yellowish spines giving it
1e from the feathery mottling cf the |@ peculiarly beautiful appearance. The spines
ioe on the young joints are shorter, soft and flexu-

— ous; the flowers are yellowish, followed by a
=. YERBA MANGE. /small edible fruit.

THE VELVET CACTUS.

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SIS CALIFORNICA B. & H. This) ALLIUM HAEMATOCHITON Watson.
ie favorite medicinal herbs of the i aad
Californians, but has won a per- The mesas and hills around San Diego are
ce in European greenhouses, and| decked in. springtime with the clusters of
riven the attention it deserves in| bright purplish-tinted flowers of this wild
its birth. It is readily grown in|92i0n, which deserves a prettier name at the
the apple-green foliage, frequently | hands of its friends. It does not prove quite
h crimson, showing off the rather hardy in New England, but will give enough
flowers to great advantage. /pleasure for the cost of growing in the house
; among its more showy cousins.

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THE CHOLLAS.

A former characteristic of Southern Califor-

nia landscapes were the thickets of cholla cac-
tus, which still decorate some of our uncleared
hillsides, and abounds in the desert regions
‘and unsettled parts of Lower California and
|Mexico. The cholla belongs to the same genus
as the prickly pear, but differs mainly in the
| eylindrical, instead of flat, joints and in its
'non-edible fruits.
OPUNTIA PROLIFERA Engelmann. This
'densely-branching shrub bears a small flower
of a pomegranate purple, and once grew in
great abundance where the city of San Diego
now exists.

OPUNTIA SERPENTINA Engelm. Procum-
‘bent, with yellow flowers, comparatively rare
in cactus collections.

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TLIAS “TOAD CACTUS.”
THE HEDGEHOG CACTUS. STAPELIAS, OR

AT, These curious plants, native to South Africa,
NOPSIS MULLERI. A hybrid, of rapid pelong to the eens (or milkweed) family.
blooming early, and with its large put are popularly known by the names ‘‘toad

“* e-colored flowers is justly called the cactus,’ or ‘carrion cactus,’’ the former from

f its class. ithe mottled color of the flower of the lest-

NOPSIS EYRIESII ZUCC. This is less known variety, the latter from the strong fetid
§ in appearance than H. Mulleri, but odor exhaled by the flowers. Like most suc-

® lovely pure white flowers in great’ culents, they are easily grown. There are

ah more than fifty varieties known.

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6 The West American Scientist.

CALIFORNIA FISH-HOOK CACTUS. |

MAMMILLARIA GOODRIDGII Scheer. A |
small globular species, closely set with brown- |
ish or white spines, the central one curved
into a hook. The delicate yellowish white
flowers are succeeded by the club-shaped,
searlet berries that possess the flavor of wild-
wood strawberries, and are sometimes calied |
‘“‘hep-pitallas,’’ the ‘“‘llavina’’ of the Mexivans. |

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FAIRY FINGER TIPS...

COTYLEDON ATTENUATA Watson. This |
dwarfish plant is destined to attain great pop-
ularity for beds and borders. It was discov-
ered in Lower California in 1886 by C. R. Or-
eutt, and first introduced into cultivation in
1894. It resembles dwarf C. Edulis, and pro-
duces panicles of pretty yellowish or roge
purple flowers that do not detract from its)
adaptability for borders or edging to beds. |

C. EDULIS Brewer. This sometimes grows |
two feet across and bears a tall panicle of.
greenish flowers. It has become widely knewn |
under the name of ‘‘Finger Tips,’’ from the
long, slender leaves, which the Indians of
California formerly used as a salad.

EK. PULVERULENTA Baker. Large, elegant.
in form, the broad leaves forming a beautiful |
rosette and covered with a thick white powder. |

C. ORBICULATA Linnaeus. An old-fash- \
ioned garden plant, attaining to a tropical FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA.
luxurianece of growth and producing large | TAY ea
pendulous orange-colored flowers of great er-| ‘This long name is become familiar to ever}
ce: ‘lover of flowers in the civilized world. It is

C. LANCEOLATA B. & H. A plant that) native of Africa and be.ongs to the iris family),
does well under good treatment, producing a@\a family which gives us a multitude of bril
spike of red flowers. The lanceolate flat jjant flowers which readily adapt themselves

|
Seen eg : | eit?
leaves sometimes of a dull crimson color, but|{> Southern California. It will produce 4,

commonly ‘green: wealth of fragrant bloom the first year from}
amie: seed, and is so easily grown that it is withi)

Just a thought to give thee pleasure, | the reach of the humblest housekeeper. |)
Just a hope to gild the way, | We will gladly mail a packet of seed to an}),

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CENTURY PLANTS. — BOTANY

The agaves form a beautiful class of deco- Bulletin of the Torrey botanical club:
rative plants, tropical in aspect, and belong to | Vol. 1. 60 Ve
the amaryllis family, though often erroneously | vi.—except No. 6,
considered as belonging to the cactus family.

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They are called century plants from another. fe aie CIs INE, Us }
popular fallacy, that they require 100 years és xvi peeccnue ae 10. |
before blooming. In tropical countries they 5) Vi. —except No. 1. \

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oat maturity, plossout and die, in Iess than) » peng tN ne 1—8)
wenty years usually. | van cna Pe rants :
AGAVE AMERICANA Tinnaeus. ‘the mes_| 20°: ¥: i tol. eut Ol nel ae
cal plant of Mexico, from which a useful fibre | eal vazette. index to v. i-x:V. Vili. No. 11}
is poyted, Jeu: the’ national drink ef) Mex? | ~ — y to'x5 = Noland 20nn
1€Ow IS produced mainly trom) this! nlantsvarndil| apices anc teres naan rts for 1890 to
the sce is also distilled into an alcoholic bev- | Mero botanital Satter uae
erage known by the name of mescal. Thous- | I : i .

; : Sas : ndex Kewensis, parts J, 2, and 3.
ads of acres are devoted to its cultivation in) yinnesota HotaiCal studies, Bull. 9, parts 1-6
Mexico, where it ranks with corn, wheat arid ~The botanical club check list: a protest. 7,
beans in commercial importance. It inakes) Erwin F. Smith, Washington, D. C., July 22. |
rapid growth, attaining to a large size, and in) ‘ : i ; ,

the United States is largely planted for its ——7— HORTICULTURE; ETC. K
decorative value. | Southern Kansas horticulturist, v. i. 1-5. i

Var. VARIEGATA Hort. Large, brcad| Society of American florists—proceedings, 188H4
leaves, margined with white, the finest of to 1891, :
many forms in cultivation. Agricultural experiment stations :— 1

AGAVE SHAWII Engelmann. Very com-| Ohio; 3d, 4th and 5th reports. II
pact, dark olive-green leaves, margined with | Bulletins, 2d s —1, 2,8, 5, 6. : I
stout spines. Peculiar to the coast region of | Moscow. Idaho: 1stand 2d reports, 1893- oh oa
Southern and Lower California. Bull. 1-9.

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; anion, W. Va.: 1st and 3d report | yigidissimus: Rainbow bets 290 (
Weattan, enon, and two special reel stramineus .. aimbOW CACTUS... rece. 20 00
nsas: Ist, 2d, 4t THR AAMAS tae bees os rae Sate
Bull, 10-46, 48, 49 a h to 7th re | ularis: stra ses fasstas 15 06
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| Oornell naiver sity: 2d eB 8d reports. | Be Pa at He et aes atest 3 00
Ot 6285, ane VANHADILES erence Hessel wrbeeet ee dOO
The California floris 98. | NIGHTS ee ee — 20 00
Year book of the U. t, vol. i i, los. 1-5, 7, 8: vol. ti. “COTYL: ened 00 00
The Garden, 37 Betinampton THe a 1894, C ifort atten tata. eh
_ 893, 964, 988, 1019-1028, 1030- London: Nos — alifornica .......... 6 00
the ural Australian, xii 1032, 1034-1240. ree aa is oo
New series, i. 1-5, 0- i, 1,2, 7-12, | aaceolata, reddish fl 10 00
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: ¥orest, Tribune b iii. | Bec reene.. 7 00
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: rulenta .. 0 00
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Thy Lama ean By J. ECHIN A musc ipula: Venns fly t Soo cn 9) 0
rd Waugh Pub, C sy J. Howard Moore OC4CTUS bicolor Gal rap... 5B 00
vitauna, Los occ aaa Ie : brevihamatus Pagelmann, PIGS GGEEE DO 15 00
e Monist, pi isterls; mae pales) ee ae TOM EN acs RRA) yin) tte ym Ne 15 00
Vv v. is AZINe: rs eee p onogonus L os ees teoeens 95 0
eel. 2. , iii 1,2,] cornigerus DC.. emaire | Heenan Neuve 35 00
ae crispats De nnd sere erin ane 20 00
ON ‘CACTI. sylindraceus SAT eee 50 00
iata W. &. Farlow, of Harvard Epeedalonine Lem... Fe aM Ok 40. 00
of ie me that stackhouse s cones kindly Vecomtetbne 6) he ee propos 20 00
is genus the same as ae led the name| lotgehamatus Gal.. Sorte neds peeeeeiee = BB 00
ae His genus is identical with Gigartina but Dower Reputie 61 nee ; 25 00
Etanenielatbocn topes iy uta seek pacer ae
2 Ss. recent phalus Eng. Bed gis Se ecobenodea BU) MOD
_copuntia basilaris and Parish’ Scheeri Salin.. aa gus | | | bonoceue 75 00
twee Bull. Torr. Club, xix. 92) See ramosa | Sctispinu> Eng.... S288 hose Yes sedaocsennsce. OO
| rsery side by side become ind en grown in a oe SEL oe) ot eee 8 09
CACTI iaueeee se Tee Be uteeee tee Z 12, 00
i f A escens N ccc eesee seasese = 40
AGA PLANTS Wislizeni pe oi, arruaetade taues a
GAVE ee ANT: aot = right BS eee 25 00
pine ricana variegata......... ..- a diobecree £6 O) if inopsis Byr SOR er ate acs 50 00
eto OPA S, NaN cs aes, oes 25 00
i ter0x... eae Poteet: 15000 Baie eer eae ie 9 06
2 Glibeyt itor. i RuRCK a ene cntenecennnnenne es a5 0)
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Mirearite... insti Sg RECEP SESE AEE : a oe SC OSITLEA RE Asaon ‘sorts ... Bete ses 20 00
. oo age eae 60 00 ayes) PIZOMICA. eeeeeeeeeeeeee 80 00
Alta (TV OXAMA) aaa senseee erent 15 00 PeLOUIIN lp papeOnereE Litseteesreseesree 8 00
_Shawii, dark green, Pe ee 0 00 candida. wile gg ce tains 20 00
Cc pact foliage........ 30 90 | Cormifera... iis 20 00
univittata Sie I ear eaeaaaraaae 20 00 ec iro eige 2a
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| ALOK ee ees 25¢ pen Aerie cs a Gearaseaus Scheer. 2 a
a i ORNL A 40 00 | Her Brandegee on a3. Pe pro-obocon. oo0dGbRG00 10 00
| Ee ae ) 09 lasciacantha GulinOsane poy Mal me ale 100 00
_ Lewinii.... IPC VIUAN TT. ..00sccre-seeccsene 30 00. (denndata) srerereees 10°00
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i ewdival,. ea 15 00 | phellosperma: Heaney man Roy 15 00
colubrinus — + on! SO CRD EE GEE EES rate | pusilla 'Texana. Sy ae ietee tiene 50 00
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a oo eereeceseee seece 20 00 pyenacanth ccc c cnc n HOe teeter ens eeeens oe 50 00
ad et se vtiesct Z Aidan | Cbunoan sek ee ain Mtr ;
Emoryi: Velvet o ee i; as) ue 00 spinosissima oe INERT Crane 40 00
! Engelmanni . eis... A 80:2 i. a elegans: supertexta Lig Cae eE NG ay HAE THON St 50 00
| enneacanthus cian, see cores a 90 pit) er ian fae ne 35 00
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Tadeirans Pitahya agria, a ae an 00 chloro'ica........ . none esen ce eeeenes 10 0
| Mojavensis. ...... MO esi csespss 7D COs Myeettammi © cate soude ls. dWepersesscoces 9 18 OD
-:pectinatus Eng .... en rr an os echitOcatpa .oiicfeecccten sessssereecssecee 6 00
a ee 12 00 frutescens: LeptoCHUlisp viet atin meee 100
| procumbens .. er 60 Ot pro ifera:chollas eseeeneeserens 6 OO
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DR A) mi 35 00

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GUNA? S VATS. (CUTTINGS) sicccncctenesvenctnsesnere 9 00
tessellata: ramosissima... nelisir ere oe ne eeomOO

Pelecyphora PeCtimata........i ce cccceteree eee

PHY WO CAC TUS YW Pay nrrcincescctetecccctstess —
latifrons: Qween CACTUS. 2 eiec. coisa \eosenslenc

PILOCEREUS Sargentianus Orcutt......... 90 00
FOSS UWI MEMS woes seca scesean sete etc e sap neve si nemuaierhee 25 00
senilis: Old man cactus.............. 20 00

RBDLPSATTS WS pio crersccertacsscse cosstoesuenseeenaca —

RO CHIMIAr Tal Ca tay eases acca acai tect as Neaten cl eerie

STAPELIA variegata: Toad cactus........... —

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PALM SEEDS

Erythea armata (Brahea glauca), ib § 2 00
edulis, Guadalupe Island palm. a 2 00

Washingtonia filitera..........0.....:... Me 1 00
THRO OU USILEEs Wear See eGR au Ans RES Ser Ai ad 2 50
Sonore, a new Mexican palm..... HH 4 00

Pheenix canariensis ............ #2 100 seeds: 50
MEGMMa bce sae core cial (aisubsiolluine Sion cuameeeeee

Chamerops excelsa.........
sas Correspondence invi
fee OS oe tins

FLOWER SEEDS

; 2 OZ.
Drecentra chrysantha ise 2 00
Dodecatheon Ulevelandi ... ......... 1 0
Emmenanthe pend iliflora, yellow bells 3 00
Breeslareiracta alba ie Veal ants ee 40
Mina lobata........ bash [OKC MOG Aa ee dens 70
Lathyrus splendens ub 1 55
Rammneya Conteris 1 3 ee 1 00

Eas~We have handied hundreds ot ‘varieties of

seeds of which the above are a few specialties.5 |

Per 100. |

Allium haematochiton Watson: fine
Amaryllis formosissim a
Behria tenuifiora

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mixed varieties $6 per 1000...........2.. 90
Calochortus albus: Fairy Bell, pearly w.. 1 80
Benthamii: open cup-shaped flowers... 2 295
Gunnisoni: light lilac, purple banding.. 10 00
; Howellii” (apiculatus): white, 2 feet
high zits on ecaies S1GN arent fe Cheese aa een eee CCE OREN GHARE 6 00
Kennedyi: magnificent dazzling: scarlet 10 00

Leichtlinii: much like Nuttallii

ted about other sorts.

longibarbatus: fine purple, a fo
luteus: yellow fis, dotted with
v. concolor: large bright yellow

maweanus: white, silky blue h
nitidus: purple and green fis,
nudus: dwarfish in habit, purple
Nuttallii: large white fls, green |
Palmeri: i
pulchellus: star tulip, pendant fl
splendens: lavender color ........
vy. atroviolacea: purple, with red §
venustus oculatus: finely marked
venustus purpurascens: purple ce
venustus citrinus: lemon yellow...
venustus roseus: creamy inside
Weedii: orange butterfly tulip,
Tolmiei: very large white penda
flavus (Cyclobothra flava): golden
Plummerae (Weedii purpurascens)
Purdyi Greene: pale lilac fils, new
flexuosus: lilac fis, a fine butterfly
Baylardianus: drooping purple a
mixed varieties, choice selection
Camassia ‘‘alba’’

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esculenta: dark blue fis, edible bulbs
Leichtlinii :
Chlorogalum angustifolium, dwarf s:
| parvifollum and pomeridianum, each

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grandiflorum minor, yellow fiower
Hartwegii, large yellow fis, beau
Hendersonii, pink fis, center black
-montanum, 8 to 4 large pure white

Smithii,
purpurascens, rare and beautiful....
Freesia refracta alba: seed $3 per Ib..
Fritillaria atropurpurea ....... ee.
biflora: chocolate lily, white, purple fi
coccinea: much like recurva, pretty
lanceolata, curious mottled colorin
v. gracilis, nearly black, pretty..
lilacea, white, otherwise like bifl
parviflora
pudica, charming yellow or orange
recurva, scarlet bell-shaped flower
Hesperocallis undulata, desert lily

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Humboldtii,
maritimum, blood red flowers
pardalinum, red and orange
v. minor, canary yellow, spotted fis.
v. Bourgaei, lustrous fiery red ....
Parryi, delicate lemon yellow, frag
parvum, scarlet spotted with brow:
rubescens, opens white, very fine ..
Washingtonianum, white, very fragr:
Muilla maritima, small whitish flower...
Richardia Africana, calla
Trillium sessile californicum
ovatum, white, turning to wine Dp
Zygadenus Fremontii, creamy white fl
paniculatus, stouter and taller ..

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THE WEST AMERICAN SCIEN

Charles Russell Orcutt, Edito
Orcutt, GCal., U. S.A

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