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CACTUS* speciosissimus ; var. lateritius. 



Brick-red hybrid Cactus. 



+ 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



p. 54.) 



Nat. ord. Cactee Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 



CACTUS.— Supra, vol. 2.fol. 137. 



Garden Variety. 



The race of Cacti 



ine race of Cacti, approaching Cactus speciosissimus 

 habit and in the general appearance of their flowers, is 



become 

 Horticulture. 



of the most striking obj 



of modern 



Derived from parents unrivalled in the vege- 

 table world for vigour of constitution, brilliancy of colour. 

 a nd boundless fecundity, they are now to be met with in 

 every greenhouse and drawing-room, throughout the entire 

 year. At a late meeting of the Horticultural Society, Mr. 

 pnow, the Gardener of Sir Edmund Antrobus, exhibited 

 individuals, each of which was literally covered with blos- 

 soms; as many as between two and three hundred being 

 jound upon a single plant. This same cultivator has stated, 

 atj D y judicious management, a succession of such speci- 

 mens may with ease be procured during every month in 



The variety now represented was raised by Mr. Pressley, 

 gardener to Walter Boyd, Esq. of Plaistow, in Essex. 

 11 approaches C. Jenkinsoni in many respects, but has 

 Paler and more brick-red petals. It was exhibited at a 

 meeting of the Horticultural Society 

 a y> 1832, and was much admired. 



on the first day of 



* Seefol. 1331. 





