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CTANT MEXICAN CACTUS. 



Fig. CO. 



genus ever seen in Europe, weighing, when 

 the roots were entirely free from earth, 

 about two hundred and fifty pounds. Fig. 

 60, from the Revue Horticole, gives an ac- 

 curate view of this species. It arrived at 

 Kew in excellent condition, and a short time 

 afterwards produced from its apex about one 

 hundred fine orange-colored blossoms, re- 

 sembling those of Opuntia. We are sorry 



The Giant Mexican. Cactus, (Echinocactus stanesii.) 



to add, however, that it has since decayed 

 and perished. 



This first plant, however, is but a pigmy 

 compared with one which Mr. Staine has 

 since forwarded to Kew. The " latter mon- 

 ster" specimen, was selected among great 

 numbers which grow in the district referred 

 to. It was necessary to employ twenty 

 men, with the aid of levers, to raise this 



