tembcr 1834, under the good management of Mr. Robert 

 S. Wilson the gardener. The plant had been in the colleetion 

 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 ; the other 

 was despatched to London by coach on the 24tli 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 w^as 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. 



