‘tember 1834, under the good management of Mr. Robert 
S. Wilson the gardener. The plant had been in the collection 
at Leigh Park upwards of fifteen years without blossoming ; 
between March and September it produced shoots upwards of 
seven feet long. 
Two flowers were perfected, of which one opened about 
six o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd of September, and 
faded about eleven a.m. on the following day; tbe other 
was despatched to London by coach on the 24th of the same 
month, and reached London in perfect condition. 
It was indeed a beautiful object, its petals were of the 
most dazzling whiteness, the effect of which was greatly 
heightened by the dense mass of yellow stamens occupying 
the centre, and by the border of olive green sepals, on 
which the petals reposed. This is said to have the largest 
flowers of all the species, not even excepting the common 
night-blowing Cereus ; its fruit is described as being quite 
smooth, of a rich scarlet, and with the size and form of a 
goose's egg. 
